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I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 31 January, and found out I was triple negative on 10 February. I'm scheduled to have my lump and some lymph nodes removed on 24 February, and have been told I'm...
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Hello @kiwikris72. Yes I had a lumpectomy and they only needed to remove the sentinel node. I was lucky as my tumour was only 11mm.
They injected radioactive dye in the morning and waited a few hours before the scans. No pain or panic with the process. Although It was a long day as I didn’t get operated on until 6.30. Make sure you have plenty of things to keep you occupied while you wait. I was pretty emotional and in pain in recovery so they doubled my pain meds. After that I felt fine and was surprised how little pain I was in. I went home the next morning. The surgeon did a great job and my scar is healing well after only a week. In fact I have more of a problem with under my boob where skin ripped off when I stretched and tore the bottom of my wound dressing. It’s in the worst spot under my bra cup. 😣 Don’t apologise for all the questions. There was so much I wanted to know and didn’t ask. So ask away 👍🏼