New Adventure...post surgery
Hi all,
Well I've survived surgery. Yay!! I went in last Thursday, 4 days ago. The day prior to surgery I had lymphoscintigraphy, 4 needles into the breast, the first three were fine but the 4th into the nipple Ouch! Not something I'd like to do again. Was only there for a couple of hours as the radioactive dye flowed through the breast and nodes well. The following morning, surgery day, I had the hook wire inserted into my bc lump, as it couldn't be felt and they needed the wire to 'point' out the lump. So ultrasound to insert the wire, it looked like a long skinny coat hanger :+D, then mammogram to check positioning of the wire. They padded me up so as not to move the wire or stab anyone with it and then sent me up to surgery to wait a few hours.
Post surgery. They removed my bc lump roughly 8 mm in size plus a wide margin around it as well as 3 lymph nodes. They did this all through one big skin flap about 30 cm across starting from under my right breast and across to my lower armpit. All seems to be healing well. Just a bit numb and achy now. After doing some gentle stretches I seem to have a good bit of movement at the moment with my arm.
I have a week to wait for the pathology results and plan of action. I do know I'm HER2+ and there will most likely be a bout of chemo and targeted therapy then possibly radiology. I'll jump those hurdles when I get to it. Right now I'm resting, soaking up the love and food my family are preparing. My mum and mother in law are getting the kids organised and off to school. So I can relax a little and sleep.
