Sentinel Node Localisation
Is there anything I should know to prepare myself for what they will do on Tuesday for my Mastectomy surgery the next day. Or is it better not to know. So far all I know is I have to go to a Nuclear Medicine Dept
Forum Discussion
- @FLClover luckily it’s only in my left breast, I’m really hoping the MRI and the ultrasound is right and the node is clear. As so far none of my results have come back the way they say it will
- @Blister I should probably have mentioned that I had 2 tumours in one boob, and one in the other. I needed two nodes removed on right side and one in left. That’s possibly why it took so long. Hopefully yours won’t be as long and also you get to take your daughter with you. That would help a lot
- thank you @FLClover wow will tell my hubby to go to the shopping centre as parking will be very expensive then, all I’ve been told is I have 1:30pm appt then go home and possible surgery time of 10:45 the next day, thanks to Covid you’re generally not allowed a lot of people with you hoping they let my daughter stay to keep me company
- @Blister I spent the whole day there, the day before my surgery. I’m glad I had long parking. I remember that day, I was so terrified, I was bawling in the waiting room and then realised I had no tissues (I really needed one-I looked like a snotty toddler) 😆😄😩. Ahh memories.They told me to take something to read or do cos I’d wait a lot, but other than the initial wait I was pretty busy, so stuff I brought was just a bother to carry. There were a lot of scary looking machines and a lot of lying down for ages on them, in different positions. Thankfully the staff were great and helped me to feel more comfortable. At the end they wrote up a report for me and the surgeon (which also took ages). A long, boring, and annoying day all in all. If this is the day you’re asking about, then that’s what it was for me. Not painful in a physical sense, and if you’re not scared of the surgery then won’t be too bad. If you have great staff like I did, it should be pretty bearable. Good luck! 🍀♥️
