What Causes Swelling Under The Breast After A Mastectomy?
My symptoms are feeling full with tightness or swelling on each side just under my breast. I had a double mastectomy in December and at the same time started the reconstruction process which is finished now. I am also extremely tired and just the least amount of activity such as walking across the yard wears me out and I have a hard time breathing. I have been told that it is going to take at least a year to get my strength back but why? could the cancer have spread even though the doctors have told me I am cancer free? Any bit of advice you can give me or if there is a test that I need to determine what is going on would be tremendously helpful. Thanks and have a blessed evening!
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What Causes Swelling Under The Breast After A Mastectomy?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. 1) This is due to surgical edema and partly due to lymphatics retention. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.