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My Dr was doing a complete dissection and I thought that if she'd just take out fewer nodes would be easier surgery as had trouble with anesthesia in 2016 during lumpectomy. Felt like heart attack pain...didn't mention mastectomy to !e but I wondered, if breast drains into nodes and they have cancer in them shouldn't I have breast removed?? Did you have mastectomy first time or this time? The cancer is slow growing report said 5% ki67...concerned mostly about tube and pain with that stitched in left side ..am left handed.
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Hello cctoo,
I don't know the details about your situation, but normally I think the first step is a biospy of something suspicious in the breast and if cancer detected, then the dissection to see if it has spread to the nodes. Is your Dr suggesting another lumpectomy rather than mastectomy? To answer your question: I first had a lumpectomy and this second time a mastectomy and axillary dissection.