Hi @Maggie62 - welcome to the forum - the one exclusive club you probably never thought you'd be joining!
Where abouts are you? You can add your town/area to your profile - we have quite a few rural members (including me) and we also have a private rural group that you can join, to discuss the issues that affect us rural folk in particular! Are you aware that you can claim back petrol & some accommodation costs thru IPTAAS (if in NSW) and all states have a similar scheme. Your GP & Specialists need to sign off the forms before you can submit them for reimbursement.
Re the numbness - your surgery is very recent, so everything is trying to 'knit together' again, including the nerves ..... Most of us have a degree of numbness following the surgery & node removal ... and the 'healing' time will vary as to whether it goes back to 100% normal or not. Shaving your underarm will feel REALLY weird for some months, even years, as has mine .... Gently Massaging the area may help - I was lucky that it was only the underarm really, not radiating down the arm .... Definitely let your team know about it ...
When you have a minute, Jump onto this thread - it just shows other areas of the forum that you may be interested in - art, craft, gardening & other topics .... and there is also a link to some 'tick sheets' that you may like to check out before you see the Onc or other team members ... they can help you assess yourself, re how you are going.
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/23477/a-big-welcome-to-all-our-new-members#latesttake care & all the best xx