Sentinel Node test
I am now in the Mount Hospital, had my sentinel node test, and they found that the lymph first drains to a couple of nodes that are not in my armpiit. One is between ribs two and three and one is under a rib. They did get a sentinel node for the drainage to the armpit as well. The Nuclear Medicine physician said this is the case in about a third of women with breast cancer. He said that if the sentinel one has cancer, they may then need to decide what to do about the two before it, that they may treat it with radiotherapy. Has any of you had this? If so, can tell you please tell me your experience/what ttreatment they gave you and how it all went?
Also they got this lymph node stuff figured out in about half an hour or less, on the first scan. Does this mean anything? they said it could be several hours but it wasn't.