THE SURGERY DAY

Friday October 30th couldn't come too soon. I couldn't wait to get this cancer out of my body. I was taken back right away, and was prepped for surgery. Everyone I came in contact with was wonderful to me. They made me feel as if I was a member of their family they were caring for. My family came back to say their final goodbye's and last minute prayers and blessings as I was rolled away. Don't remember much only the nurse putting my cotton cap on, and them strapping my arms down. Then I woke up, which seemed to be the same room. I asked the nurse "didn't I go yet?" She said "yes honey you're all done." I asked her if they took out my lymph nodes, she said yes they had to. I started crying uncontrollably. The Dr. told me if cancer was in the nodes she would extract them all. Then Chemotherapy would probably be the treatment after surgery. When My family came back to see me the told me the Dr. said that the mapping was unsuccessful. For some reason the dye didn't spread out through my lymph node system. This happens once in a great while. Maybe my breast was still swollen from the biopsy or the general makeup of the breast can sometimes cause the dye not to travel. She stressed to them that she felt them, and looked at them very closely, and she doesn't suspect the cancer had reached them. She knew how upset I would be. Once I felt well enough we headed home. The whole stay in the hospital was about 6 hours.