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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.

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@elizm And the injection went directly into your nipple down below? I had to have needles put in prior to my lumpectomy and partial mastectomy, but that was easy compared to the needle directly into the nipple.