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My birthday today & Mastectomy tomorrow
Tomorrow is the day, I have to be at the hospital at 6am, my best friend is picking my daughter & I up around 5am to take us to the hospital for my mastectomy & Axillary clearance. Today is my birthd...
You would be looking at a couple of hours for your surgery. A straight mastectomy is reasonably quick, the auxiliary clearance is more fiddly as they want to minimize nerve issues. For you though it will seem like seconds of course. Hopefully this means you will be on the ward just after lunch, depending on your position on the theatre list. X