2weeks post op

sagelady

mastectomy with direct implant. Steri strips off yesterday. A wide dark superficial scab. Team not worried. Mentioned superficial necrosis. I have severe health anxiety. So of course I’m spinning. Will this open up and dehis or is this deeper necrosis? They have me doing Vaseline on 4x4.

Anyone else had this and it healed fine?

sagelady

sagelady

no comments? / answers/ or positive stories ?
I guess the old adage is true… if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all .

Prayers everyone is doing well on their journey

mandy23

Hi @sagelady

Sorry that you are going through this. I have no direct experience with your situation, but thought I'd respond since you haven't had any other posts. I guess in these situations, I think you should express your concerns to your providers. It should be their job to tell you if there is concern. I will say, that time is often a good healer. Perhaps you need to be patient and see how it looks even a week or two more and if it doesn't appear to be improving, strongly talk to your providers about it.

Having been through this journey twice, the one thing I do have experience with is how hard it is to wait. Waiting for appointments and waiting for healing are so very hard. We all just want to 'move on' with our lives.

Sending healing thoughts your way.

Take Care.

maggie15

Hi @sagelady, Like mandy23 I have no experience with this situation but I have dealt with ugly wounds that are difficult to heal. Six weeks after finishing radiation my knee buckled and I fell onto the gas stove while I was cooking. My local hospital transferred me by ambulance to the nearest burn unit 100 miles away which just happened to be my bc cancer treatment hospital. My face, front torso (including my radiated breast) and left arm/hand all had 2nd degree deep partial thickness degree burns. The burn surgeons told me that debridement, avoiding infection, laser treatment, special bandages and following instructions would give me a good chance of healing with minimal scarring. My very fair and looser skin due to my age were positives in their opinion. It was difficult to believe this at the time. Thankfully the doctors were right even though it took a year for this to happen.

When I was first discharged I was at home without enough wound care bandages to get me to my next appointment. I was still on opioids so I couldn't drive. I ended up seeing a wound care surgeon at the local hospital. These surgeons deal mostly with diabetic wounds but they treat any hard to heal wound whatever the cause. This doctor was really good, surprising for a small rural hospital, and had done his residency at a hospital with a burn unit. He had different wound care products but they were just as good according to my big hospital team.

It is probably a good idea to give things time to heal if your team is not worried. If things do not go as planned seeking out a wound care surgeon would be a good next step. All the best for successful healing.