January 2025 Surgery Support Thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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Lumpectomy tomorrow.-1/15. Had the radio seed placed today. I am glad to be going in early in the morning so I don't have to wait all day. I bought some post op bras from Soma- they have hook and eye closures in front and an opening for a cold pack for the first day or so; some button down flannel shirts, some new flannel button down pajamas; and a wedge pillow because I am a side sleeper so I am hoping using the wedge will be more comfortable than my regular pillows while sleeping on my back. Easy meals to heat up, a new book, and a list of movies I haven't seen yet while I am resting at home. I think I'm ready - but will be happy when the surgery is done!
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Hello,
My surgery has been awhile ago, on the 26th of August 2024. I was told that I’m going to get my lymph nodes removed during my surgery which was a mastectomy. After the surgery when I received the pathology report it stated there were no lymph nodes submitted. So I was in the assumption that they didn’t remove them. When I had my appointment with the radiation oncologist however he told me that since they were not removed he can’t do radiation, so I have to go back to surgery and get the lymph nodes removed during. At that point I became nervous and worried because I didn’t like to go get an extra surgery just because they forgot the lymph nodes. So went back to my surgeon and asked for the surgery report, which clearly stated that he indeed removed the lymph nodes and it got submitted with the rest of the specimens to pathology. The hospital is investigating the case right now. I’m worried that they obviously won’t find them and they got lost. So now how can I even get further treatment and anything if there is no report of how many was removed and how many had cancer and not?
I am clueless at this point about what to do.
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