Fluid in tummy after DIEP

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Jillybee
Jillybee Member Posts: 32
edited September 2015 in Breast Reconstruction

unable to locate my original post to bump up,so re-writing.Have had fluid in abdomen following my DIEP last year.Has now encapsulated and gone into pockets.Have had more lots of surgery,still there....due for more surgery in September....has anyone had this problem,or know of anyone else .......gentle hugs.

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  • sbelizabeth
    sbelizabeth Member Posts: 2,889
    edited August 2015

    Hi, Jillybee. After my DIEP I had a persistent seroma in my abdomen. My plastic surgeon drained it with a needle many times but it always came back, big as ever. Eventually it encapsulated. He was worried it would become infected, and it was sloshy and a little annoying, so he excised the capsule in another surgery. This solved the problem for me. Gentle hugs back to you!

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  • Jillybee
    Jillybee Member Posts: 32
    edited August 2015

    Sbelizabeth,sounds just like mine.I was opened up twice more on DIEP scar,still there,now to have drains and steroid injection....When I go back to see consultant I have so many questions.isn't it uncomfortable!!

    My first surgery worked well,till the drains came out.Apparently the lower part of the capsulation has stuck to my bowel......the second time,blue dye was inserted,and leaks were cauterisedNow over a year since DIEP.....over 2 years since diagnoses!!!

    Hugs back....xx😉😉😉


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  • kim40
    kim40 Member Posts: 904
    edited August 2015


    I am having the exact same problem. They did a CT and it was found that I have pockets of fluid everywhere.  Just great...they don't want to do anything unless it starts to pose a problem.  I had two drained last year and now need to have another one done.

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  • Jillybee
    Jillybee Member Posts: 32
    edited August 2015

    So,are you left with a big tummy????surely something can be done for us.Aftervwhat we have been through....disappointing is not the word.How are you coping with it,and how long have you had it for .....hugs.x

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  • Jillybee
    Jillybee Member Posts: 32
    edited September 2015

    Can you tell me what they mean "when causing a problem "I am uncomfortable,and get heart burn....I wonder if that constitutes a problem ?

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