Post op 5 hours....

[MagnumCH]

Just had my surgery (excision and lypo)  early this morning.... The nurses noticed some swelling but chose to discharge me from the hospital....Now after about 5 hours i do feel some hardness  under my right pec.  I also notice that my skin is pale on that side, is this something to be concearned about? when i push my right pec in lightly i notice some fluid sounding noises underneath where the surgery was, is this common after only 5 hours of post op?

 Im wearing the compression vest so i cant see fully whats underneath by I am not in much pain at all which is a good sign....

So does anyone think i should be concearned or am i just being paranoid?

If anyone has any comments please share because im a little nervous!

[faust]

I wouldn't worry about it -- obviously your chest just underwent quite a bit of trauma and physical symptoms such as the ones you describe are sure to appear.  All of the things you describe sound like common reactions to the surgery.

[Preds]

Just had my surgery (excision and lypo)  early this morning.... The nurses noticed some swelling but chose to discharge me from the hospital....Now after about 5 hours i do feel some hardness  under my right pec.  I also notice that my skin is pale on that side, is this something to be concearned about? when i push my right pec in lightly i notice some fluid sounding noises underneath where the surgery was, is this common after only 5 hours of post op?

 Im wearing the compression vest so i cant see fully whats underneath by I am not in much pain at all which is a good sign....

So does anyone think i should be concearned or am i just being paranoid?

If anyone has any comments please share because im a little nervous!

The swelling can be normal.  Since you did not say anything about a drain I assume you did not have one.  Yes you can get fluid and air under your chest that feels weird.  It will be there for several days.  I had drains and could press on certain areas of my chest and I could fill up the drain with air.  Weird stuff.  

However, if you do not have drains and the fluid continues to accumulate I would call `the doctor.  He or she may want to drain it.  The paleness of skin this close to surgery could be a result of the local anestesia(especially in epinepherine was used).  If so, it will go away.