Post-Operative Care Following Breast Surgery
Advanced Breast Care

Once you are able to tolerate fluids and your vital signs are stable in the recovery room, you will be sent home.

It is important to keep hydrated with fluids for the first few days following surgery.  A clean bandage will be covering you lumpectomy site.  Please leave this in place until your post-operative visit with us.  It is fine to shower as your lumpectomy site is covered with a clear bandage which is waterproof.  If you have a drain in place, it is still fine to shower as the drain insertion site is covered with the same waterproof clear bandage.

 Please call us if:
 

• Your temperature is over 101 by mouth
• Your dressing becomes saturated with blood or becomes wet after a shower
• If you have a drain in place and it becomes clogged
• If you experience nausea which keeps you from tolerating fluids or food
• If you experience pain not relieved with the pain medication you were given

 
We encourage you to take it easy and limit normal activities for the first few days following your surgery.  It is important to maintain range of motion in your arm on the same side your lumpectomy was performed. 

Always feel free to call us with any other questions or concerns you may have as we understand this experience is very new to you and other concerns may arise.  Our office number is:

770-422-1988