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lyph nodes
why does the removal of one lymp gland hurt more than the lymphectomy????
When I had an odd lump
biopsied, it really hurt, which I wasn’t expecting. My surgeon said, ‘Good!’. Turns out most cancers don’t register pain, they cause pain by the pressure they put on surrounding tissue. Lymph nodes are also small so some damage to nerve endings around them is pretty inevitable if they are to be removed.As @arpie says, loss of feeling can last a while. My painful biopsy turned out to be an entirely benign, unrelated lump, so I didn’t really mind that it hurt at the time!
biopsied, it really hurt, which I wasn’t expecting. My surgeon said, ‘Good!’. Turns out most cancers don’t register pain, they cause pain by the pressure they put on surrounding tissue. Lymph nodes are also small so some damage to nerve endings around them is pretty inevitable if they are to be removed.As @arpie says, loss of feeling can last a while. My painful biopsy turned out to be an entirely benign, unrelated lump, so I didn’t really mind that it hurt at the time!