This means that you can leave hospital a day or two after your operation and be visited at home each day for about a week by a nurse. The nurse will change your dressings, check to see that your wound is healing properly and see how you are feeling. If you think you might be interested in the early Discharge Program, discuss it with your surgeon. Side effects of surgery Most women will get some side effects from surgery. Some will last only a few weeks and others will be permanent.
Some women have no side effects.
The risks associated with any surgery are infection, bleeding and a blood clot in the leg known as a deep vein thrombosis. Every effort is made to prevent any of these from occuring. After surgery it is common for your breast to be swollen. It will settle down over a couple of months. If you have a small lump and medium or large breasts, there will not be much change in the shape of your breast.