No. of lymp node's removed

I had all of mine removed on left side - there were 17 of them & all were affected

Thank you everyone, the link primek has sent is very helpful, it's all making sense to me now.

I had eleven axillary nodes removed and one had cancer also one intra mammary node. They showed up on mammogram. Very helpful article posted by primek.

This link explains a bit about number of nodes removed.

http://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/surgery/lymph_node_removal/number_removed

22 nodes removed 'full axillary clearance' - all 22 showed cancer.

I had 22 removed, with 4 positive. Yes I think we all have differing numbers of lymph nodes.

After sentinel node was tested cancerous an axially clearance took 18 nodes and all were negative for cancer.

I don't think they took all of my lymph nodes with my auxiliary clearance, 15 nodes, 5 cancerous. 

I had 12 removed & 3 had cancer & I developed lymphodema. 

My clearace removed 22 nodes - no cancer