All done - went to the hospital on Wed for them I had everything I needed - blood tests, chest x-ray, EKG, insurance - letter from neuro which I actually forgot at home so I just told them it didn't say anything important (it really different), told them all my drugs... And they injected my breast with radioactive dye which later they radioactive x-rayed. Took all day cause no body rushes in hospitals. This business might be a big deal for me but it's really just another day work for them.
Thursday morning I had to be at the hospital early since I was first on line (they only do lumpectomies on Thursday. Everything went fine (That's what the Dr said.) I felt pretty lousy on Thursday from the general anesthesia. Just drifted in and out of sleep all day and when I finally drank some water I felt sooo nauseous but they game me dramamine in my IV and by late afternoon I started to feel better.
That's it. I came home Friday morning. Just 24 hours from start to finish. In 10 days I go back to take out the stitches and maybe the pathology report will be ready. If not, it will be a few days later. Now my arm is just sore but not terribly if I would stop using it.
The next step is supposed to be radiation but I'm a little mixed up. The first surgeon told me 5 days over 5 weeks (one day a week), then the next one told me 5 days in a row. Then I went back to the first and now she said 5 days in a row for 5 weeks!! The pathology report will determine if I need chemo too and once I have the pathology report I'll probably switch hospitals to a better hospital for oncologist.
Another thing that I'm confused about. I always thought that a mastectomy is in order to remove the entire breast since the cancer has spread through the entire breast and then a lumpectomy is cause the cancer is only in that one lump so you don't have to remove the entire breast. But in this lumpectomy they only took out the first node to send to the pathologist. The lumpectomy wasn't for cutting out the cancer, it was for taking a sample. Why don't I understand it?
Thursday morning I had to be at the hospital early since I was first on line (they only do lumpectomies on Thursday. Everything went fine (That's what the Dr said.) I felt pretty lousy on Thursday from the general anesthesia. Just drifted in and out of sleep all day and when I finally drank some water I felt sooo nauseous but they game me dramamine in my IV and by late afternoon I started to feel better.
That's it. I came home Friday morning. Just 24 hours from start to finish. In 10 days I go back to take out the stitches and maybe the pathology report will be ready. If not, it will be a few days later. Now my arm is just sore but not terribly if I would stop using it.
The next step is supposed to be radiation but I'm a little mixed up. The first surgeon told me 5 days over 5 weeks (one day a week), then the next one told me 5 days in a row. Then I went back to the first and now she said 5 days in a row for 5 weeks!! The pathology report will determine if I need chemo too and once I have the pathology report I'll probably switch hospitals to a better hospital for oncologist.
Another thing that I'm confused about. I always thought that a mastectomy is in order to remove the entire breast since the cancer has spread through the entire breast and then a lumpectomy is cause the cancer is only in that one lump so you don't have to remove the entire breast. But in this lumpectomy they only took out the first node to send to the pathologist. The lumpectomy wasn't for cutting out the cancer, it was for taking a sample. Why don't I understand it?
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