Drawn Mastectomy

I think when getting the dye injections to find the lymph nodes the doctor did mark the breast so surgeons new which one to take. I don't remember them doing anything in the theatre apart from the stainless steel platform was very narrow that i had to get up on. Just as well I was skinny then.

I can't even imagine how you were feeling @Vallerina

I have a vague memory of some drawing done when the put the blue dye in but not much made it through my brain that day.  Standouts were the man who had to inject the dye being so sincerely apologetic that he had hurt me and the nurse in the pre-op room chatting away to me about how they'd recently lost a nursing colleague to BC.  Oh, and the surgeon holding my hand to calm me while the anaesthetist did his thing in the other arm.

When my surgeon asked me if there was anything I wanted I asked him to write evicted as tried to kill me on each breast.  he did that in one colour then did his marking up in another colour.  Blossom1961  I have found that at certain times different things have surfaced regarding my treatment and talking with my Psychologist has really helped. 

My surgeon not only drew but took pre-op photos. He told me what he was doing beforehand but didn't speak after that. It's usually done sitting. With any surgical removal  they put a dot at least on the side to be removed...so they  don't get it mixed up. 
Yes it was confronting as it was the last time I would see my true breasts.

@Vallerina Hijack away! I love how threads develop

Thanks girls. Yes ... horrible. I didnt mean to hijack your thread @Blossom1961 . It is such a traumatic thing to lose a breast with everyone telling you how lucky you are. It takes a while and sometmies a bit of help and support  to get (almost) over it. For the most part all the hospital staff are wonderful but every now and then there is one thats either in the wrong job or having a bad day. So sorry you had to meet that one at such a traumatic time. Xx

I cracked to my surgeon when he was marking me up that "we wouldn't want to get the wrong side". It was a joke, I can't imagine how unnerving it would have been to have a real mix up!

WOW!!  That was a close call @Vallerina !!!   Thank god you said the 'right side'!

Wow i forgot all about this but @BlackWidow reminded me. So im waiting in preop before mastectomy and they said so what are you here for today and i answered right mastectomy. There was a kerfuffle they ran off with the paperework making phone calls as and i layed there for ages till they finally admitted the breast nurse had written up left mastectomy in stead of right. They had been ringing down to clear up the mistake hence the delay. Then i got all muddled,  totally devastated and stressed out  and couldnt even remember which side myself. Then when we established it was indeed right side  I made them draw on me before i went to sleep. Anaesthetists were incredibly kind to me i had lost the plot by then. 2 years later its a supresed memory think i will supress again. 

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Not. I wanted to get off that slab and go home! 

However I now firmly believe that missing the nebulisers and prednisone lead to the damage to my lungs that now exists.