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Radioactive blue dye injected to the breast for lymph node dissection

Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 27 10:19am | Replies (79)
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@elvandi
Yes I thought it was very painful and for mine, the tech did 4 shots (locations at 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 and 9:00 around my nipple. It was not fun!
I had some bleeding afterwards and I also pee’d BRIGHT BLUE for about 4 days afterwards!! (they didn’t tell me that was a thing, so it really freaked me out) so just something to be aware of.

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a1blonde | @a1blonde | May 18 1:21pm

I peed blue as well....I called my surgeon and she told me that it was the dye used in the sentinel node bx...but yes, it would have saved some apprehension if I knew that ahead of time.

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