OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I did call the nurse. She said because of the 'suspicion for microinvasion' dr will take one lymph node from the arm pit and then run the dye test. If that's all she has to take, then it should only be a few days with no bath and should not impact arm use.
I know I should be at a CCC but there may not be time for that for the surgery. If the damn doctors and radiologists weren't all so certain this would be benign, I would have gone to HUP in the first place. They all said they saw no reason for that. I should have known better.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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