I'm confused

Oh goodness @Blossom1961
Something isn't ringing right but hopefully this biopsy is benign
Fingers crossed for you
Take care

I may be wrong, but I thought an axillary clearance referred to lymph nodes in the armpit only. People have hundreds of lymph nodes in the body. I had eight or nine clearly swollen nodes and a further eight nodes were removed (17 in all). But I am not sure that was all of them, in the arm/breast area, just the ones that looked suspicious and the ones next to them. Here’s hoping there is no problem, all except one of my very suspicious looking nodes turned out to
be benign. Best wishes. 

@Afraser It is kinda on the edge of my armpit

Oh my gosh - I am feeling for you bigtime xx  All the best for your results of the biopsy, @Blossom1961 xx.  Big hugs coming your way xx  Can you send them your original surgery reports/pathology results?  Definitely a weird one!

take care xx

I had a full lymph node clearance on the right arm pit (about 16 removed) and two were cancerous.  To my understanding a "full lymph node clearance" is known as roughly 75% being removed, so there are still some left.  On the left I had approximately 6 removed and none were cancerous.  It is all about as clear as mud if you ask me what they consider a full lymph node clearance.   That being said I wish you all the best and hoping you have good results @Blossom1961

Keep your chin up and take care and I wish you all the best for happy results.   xx

From what I understand, there are level 1, level 2 and level 3 lymph nodes considered in breast cancer. Level 1 nodes are in the armpit (axilla), level 2 about halfway between axilla and neck and then level 3 at the base and up the side of the neck. They are linked together like a string of pearls with clumps of them, like grapes, along those strings of lymph vessels. Perhaps your clearance was all of the nodes at level 1, or 1 and 2, but that this node in question is further up the chain? Eithe way, I hope they get to the bottom of this and that the node is swollen because of a small infection or similar. Did you have any vaccinations, either covid, flu, whooping cough or similar in that arm recently, as that can cause lymph node swelling too?

Google has some good uses too for gathering information....if you google "lymph nodes breast cancer" and then click on 'images', you'll find a number of diagrams showing l the lymphatic system in the areas mentioned above as well as in the chest.

Wow @Blossom1961 that must have been a shock. Fingers crossed for your results. 

While very different 30 years ago I had a sore throat and dr told me I had tonsillitis. What the? I had my tonsils out at as a child but they somehow grew half back. It's all very strange. Never had tonsillitis again. 

Hope you can keep busy to distract yourself till those results come back. Best wishes 💐

From Google 

Lymph nodes are located in many parts of the body, including the neck, armpit, chest, abdomen (belly), and groin. They contain immune cells that can help fight infection by attacking and destroying germs that are carried in through the lymph fluid. There are hundreds of lymph nodes throughout the body.2 Mar 2021

Cath62- just to clarify about tonsils ! I was told by a dr years ago that surgical technique’s years ago were not sophisticated and often tonsils only snipped off ( in fact they sorta had roots and they’d regrow_ that’s perhaps not  the correct medical,expression - see link .) My mother had noted I’d had my tonsils out twice in the family bible in separate years and I’d alway thought she’d got it wrong but he said no, it happened often.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/can-your-tonsils-grow-back-after-a-tonsillectomy-1192004