@jessie1990 I had two doctors. One was a pulmonary specialist who had to go down and put dye on the tumor area. No idea how long that took. Then the surgeon did his thing. I asked how long it all took because I had lots of pain on the underside of my right arm. I honestly couldn't even touch that area. I thought perhaps he had taken out a lymph node there. (He did take 5, but not from under my arm). All he could figure was perhaps me having to be in the position I was in for surgery, which he said took about 3 hours might have caused the arm pain. Pain the acupuncturist has helped. One weird thing happened before surgery. The pulmonary doctor could tell I was afraid. He asked if I wanted something for the anxiety. I said yes. Whatever he gave me put me totally out even before I went down to the OR. So, in a round about way, I have no idea how long it all took. I don't even remember being in recovery. I've had several operations.....
operations for different things, and none were like this from the very beginning.