Step 1
So today was my first official 'cancer activity'. I had my sentinel node identified via radioactive injection. It was pretty ordinary.
One of my closest friends took me. We have decided that while ...
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Hi KJ. I had my lympho & sentinel node biopsy surgery last Tuesday. Got results Thursday. As well as having a full mastectomy & immediate reconstruction of the right breast and a reduction to the left for better symmetry next Saturday, I now find out they have to take the right armpit lymph nodes at the same time. I guess it's just another thing for them to do, but I was so hoping we wouldn't have to go down that path!
In the bigger picture though, I guess the surgery is really only the beginning of the breast cancer journey, right?
When do you have your surgery? And if you don't mind me asking, what are you having done?