Fluid Pocket???

[BandedJulie 0]

I went see my surgeon's bariatric team today and seen one of his nurses. I'm 2 weeks post op today and yesterday morning felt some sort of "lump" right under my left breast, pretty much on top on my breast bone. The nurse felt it and said that is something called a Fluid pocket and it shouldn't cause any trouble and go away on it's on... she said it's caused by all the fluid giving during and after the surgery. Anyone else had anything like this?? If so, how long does it take to go away?

[bianabelle 1]

I think it may be panniculitic mass around the tubing. I would request CAT scan to verify the curious mass. GL!

[Jess55 97]

First off let me say, I am a LVT (basically a nurse for animals, not with humans) so take my advice as you will. To me that makes no sense. Fluid that they give you through an IV should only be in your blood stream, not under your skin. And even if your catheter infiltrates and you get fluid in your sub Q space it should absorb within a couple hours at the most. If it is right by your breast bone, did they put your port by there, or any incision there? If so it could be a seroma, basically a build up of fluid, maybe due to a suture reaction or something. Sometimes they need to be drained, but a lot of times they may fill up again, or I think you could also warm compress them too.

[Rchavez101 0]

As far as my self I had a lump that was called a hematoma. It is a collection of blood due to hemoroging. They told me that it would absorb back into the body. It took about a month for it to start feeling better. It may be different then what you have but they did a CT scan to make sure there was no infection. Good Luck.

[honk 780]

When I went for my first fill the nurse discovered what a previous poster called a Seroma which was near my port. So I had to be stuck with a needle once so they could withdraw the liquid; and then stuck with a new sterile needle for the fill. As someone who comes from a family rife with cancer (family deaths from cancer on Mother side 1 grandparent, 5 aunts and uncles;3 cousins with serious cancer episodes) I would insist on immediate test on any odd lumps!