Yes, I am furious about those lymph nodes being removed. Soon after the surgery I refused to go back to her. That surgeon was terrible for so many reasons.

At the time I was over weight, so she should have known I was at high risk for lymphedema and taking out so many lymph nodes would put me at a higher risk.

There was no good reason for it. I get riled up thinking about it. Then when my arm started feeling funny and I complained to the oncologist she said, "Oh, that will be there." I asked, "How long?" She said, "Longer than you'd like." She acted like it was no big deal.
I sent a message to the nurse navigator who didn't reply for three weeks. She told me she had been on vacation. She was glad I was doing well. I thought, maybe I'm just a complainer.
When I kept complaining, the oncologist sent me to a PT who wasn't trained in lymphedema.
I didn't realize I needed someone certified in lymphedema therapy. When I found out that I needed a lymphedema therapist COVID had started and they didn't want to give me an appointment with the lymphedema therapist. I threw a hissy fit and said it was an emergency.
By this time my arm was 20% larger than my other arm and I was into irreversible lymphedema.
It looks a whole lot better now but I have to wear compression on my arm and hand 24/7 and I use a pneumatic pump.
It took a while for me to do it, but I finally went to a major cancer Center in Boston. What a difference in care!

I never heard of two surgeries, one for the lymph nodes. They did it all at the same time. I woke up on September 20, 2019 with no breast and missing 26 lymph nodes. I don't know if it was the anesthesia or just a reaction to the whole thing but I went into a tailspin and got very depressed too. Considering the number of women I have heard from on this platform and elsewhere who get depressed after BC, you'd think doctors would be more sensitive to that and reassure us that it was a normal reaction. Like you, I felt alone and thought I was going crazy.

Here's the Qi Gong class. https://events.aarp.org/event/AARPRITaiChiMarch182025/summary

Here's Moving for life https://www.movingforlife.org/classes/

I looked up breastcancer.org It looks awesome. You also might be interested in SHARE cancer upport. https://www.sharecancersupport.org/

I hope this information helps other women too.