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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
Even the person who injected me with the dye said some women can not bear this pain and my doctor after the injection said oh yea you had that terrible injection. Never knew ahead of time I was receiving the injection. I still have pain at the site one month later we should have full detail and given options for a better easier way. I'm very disillisioned with the medical field related to breast cancer we need to make improvements.
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My friend thought it was unbearable pain. I thought it was very painful but not unbearable. They need it when looking for the closest lymph nodes. But it did SUCK. I did not have any pain from it after the surgery. Thank goodness.
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It really isn't the most pleasant procedure in the world - I nearly broke my daughter's hand squeezing it as the dye went in. The tech injecting was really sweet and stopped for a few seconds explaining how sorry she was, but that the dye is a thick emulsion and that's why it is so painful. Good thing is, surgeons can see exactly where the course of the dye goes. In my case unfortunately, the dye followed a lymph node which had eroded into the lymphatic system.