I had my lumpectomy today! Sore and bruised:-(

poeticrevolver

Had my lumpectomy today! Boy am I sore and so bruised!!

So, overall, it went pretty well, i guess.

The first part was pretty painful for me.

The surgeon used both the radioactive injection and the blue dye. They put me through about an hour of scans after the six injections in the left breast. It showed many lymph nodes lighting up. The tech made little x marks for each area.

So, after the surgery, I found out that she found 3 positive nodes for cancer. She removed all 3. I have no recalection of speaking with my surgeon, so I made sure to have my loving family there to get all the news.

I have two incisions. One in the armpit area, about one inch long, and the other on the underneath and outer rim of left breast that is about two inches long. Wow, I did'nt realize it would be like that.

So, I will be getting an appointment to see her in two weeks, but she told my family that as soon as the pathology comes back she will call me asap!!

So, with three positive lymph nodes, and yet not knowing the rest of the pathology, i guess chemo is in the near future??

At least that's what my understanding of it is. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you all so very much for your continued prayer and support! It means the world to me!

Love to all my sisters!

~jen

alison34

hi Jen

i had a full auxiliary node discretion and there was 3 pos nodes out of 18

they gave me chemo that i have just completed and now onto 5 weeks of rads

take what they offer you and get back onto the road of recovery, chemo is so doable and not as scary as it sounds.

good luck with your treatment

Alison