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Sentinel node injection
I'm due to have the sentinel node radioactive substance injection on Tuesday in preparation for surgery the next day. Can anyone tell me how long it takes?
Hi @Artferret, mine took approximately two hours but that was due to the scan machine I was supposed to go to broke down and I was swapped to a suburb 1\2 hr drive away - which was no big deal and I was incredibly grateful I could still have it done. The Dr also had to travel the 1\2 hour and the actual injection would have lasted less than a minute. I had 4 areas injected and then only had to massage 10 minutes. The process feels like someone is giving you a nipple cripple.
I found the whole process absolutely fascinating. Had the full body bone scan at the same time and I had a good laugh when I looked at those results because I had my arms above my head and it looked like my skeleton was yelling out WOOHOOOOOO!!! All the best. Xx Cath
I found the whole process absolutely fascinating. Had the full body bone scan at the same time and I had a good laugh when I looked at those results because I had my arms above my head and it looked like my skeleton was yelling out WOOHOOOOOO!!! All the best. Xx Cath