Just need ing some advice

Hi. I'm so sorry you find yourself here. My advice to you would be to do whatever it is you feel comfortable with. While you had an ultrasound, do you recall if they scanned that area? Sometimes I go back and re-read test results to reassure myself when I start to get away with myself in my head. But, if this is something that is keeping you up at night and a constant worry, then there is absolutely no shame in you calling the doc. After your pathology is back from surgery you will have a clearer picture of your node status, prognosis, treatment plan. I trust it will be as you already are thinking. Good luck to you.

I was also going to ask if sentinel lymph node biopsy is part of your surgery plan? Maybe a call to have someone review your diagnostics and see if it was already found? Do you have a patient portal where you can download your test results and pathology reports?

Other to consider, have you recently had a covid vaccine? That’s been known to cause enlarged lymph. Also if you are having any type of infection, sunburn, they can enlarge in their response.

Maybe start with a phone call to office then go from there.

Good advice from the others. First, if you've been pressing around a lot to see if you feel anything, that in itself can aggravate lymph nodes. So it's possible that if this is "new," it's just newly swollen and nothing very bad is happening with it.

That said, if it were me, I would call in and check with the surgeon's office. Ask to speak with the nurse, NP, or PA and explain to them what you've said here. This will not be the first time they've heard something like this. They'll have good questions for you, and good information. They might want you to come in to have it checked, and they might say, no need, it will be checked with your pre-op appointments.

Good luck.

This is a great forum, I really enjoy reading all the topic.