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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)Comment receiving replies
@kathyomaha55 Painful?...that doesn't describe it! Holy mackerel, my daughter was holding my hand and I was worried I would break her fingers, but the tech was very nice and gave me a break partway through the injection. One of my children was delivered by C-section and the anesthetic failed during incising...this injection was in par with that same pain! The good thing is the pain does not last.
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@trixie1313 @kathyomaha55
Hi, Kathy and Trixie. I had a wonderful surgeon for my lumpectomy, and when I was preparing for the surgery, I had read about how painful the sulfur colloid tracer injection was... so I furthered my research. What I discovered was that an adjacent regional hospital used a different tracer (Lymphoseek) since 2015-16. That hospital contended that it was far superior in patient comfort. I presented my surgeon with pages of research information on Lymphoseek, and she demanded that our hospital use it for me. Yes, it's a bit more expensive, and radiologists have to wait a bit longer for the subsequent pictures of it taking hold, but it was not at all painful to me. Thought you might be interested.