WLE and SLNB yesterday
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WLE and SLNB yesterday

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    • November 21, 2014 at 4:07 am
    jennifer83
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    Hello all,

    I had the WLE and SLNB yesterday.  I live in Southern California and am lucky enough to be able to have my doctors and procedures through Hoag Hosptial – incredible facilities and even more incredible doctors and nurses.  

    The lymph node mapping took place in the morning.  My husband went with me, and to be honest, he hasn't really understood the impact of this entire thing.  I feel like he, without saying it, thinks it's 'JUST skin cancer…"  But he sat with me as the injected the radioactive dye and stuffed me in a tube to take the photos for the mapping.  I could finally sense his concern at that point.  I teared up in there – the reality of it all is scary.  

    My surgery was later in the day.  I went to sleep, woke up, and was sent on my way.  I stayed home the following day from work (today).  The removed a lymph node in my armpit and it is very sore.  My back has twinges of pain from the incision site.  I have yet to shower and remove the original dressings.  I'm still deciding on whether or not I'm going into work tomorrow… 

    Now we wait for results.  My surgeon said he hopes to have them by Monday – the waiting is the worst.  I'm optimistic that everything will come back cancer free!  Thank you all for reading and the support… 

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      • November 21, 2014 at 5:27 am
      DZnDef
      Participant

      Jennifer – It's good to have the surgery behind you, but yeah, now you have the waiting.  Hoag is a great hospital, I had a procedure there years ago and got a room with an amazing view of the ocean.  Great people working there.

      Try your best to not worry between now and Monday.  The odds are really on your side.  Focus on recovering from your surgery, pamper yourself a bit.  Enjoy your weekend.  Take a balloon ride at the Great Park.  Don't stress out before you know you have a reason to.  There's a strong likelihood that you're fine.  If for any reason you find out otherwise, well, you deal with that then, not now.  As far as you know right now you're fine.  Don't live with bad news that you haven't heard yet and likely won't hear.  And don't forget to breathe.

      Let us all know how it goes on Monday.

      • November 21, 2014 at 5:27 am
      DZnDef
      Participant

      Jennifer – It's good to have the surgery behind you, but yeah, now you have the waiting.  Hoag is a great hospital, I had a procedure there years ago and got a room with an amazing view of the ocean.  Great people working there.

      Try your best to not worry between now and Monday.  The odds are really on your side.  Focus on recovering from your surgery, pamper yourself a bit.  Enjoy your weekend.  Take a balloon ride at the Great Park.  Don't stress out before you know you have a reason to.  There's a strong likelihood that you're fine.  If for any reason you find out otherwise, well, you deal with that then, not now.  As far as you know right now you're fine.  Don't live with bad news that you haven't heard yet and likely won't hear.  And don't forget to breathe.

      Let us all know how it goes on Monday.

      • November 21, 2014 at 5:27 am
      DZnDef
      Participant

      Jennifer – It's good to have the surgery behind you, but yeah, now you have the waiting.  Hoag is a great hospital, I had a procedure there years ago and got a room with an amazing view of the ocean.  Great people working there.

      Try your best to not worry between now and Monday.  The odds are really on your side.  Focus on recovering from your surgery, pamper yourself a bit.  Enjoy your weekend.  Take a balloon ride at the Great Park.  Don't stress out before you know you have a reason to.  There's a strong likelihood that you're fine.  If for any reason you find out otherwise, well, you deal with that then, not now.  As far as you know right now you're fine.  Don't live with bad news that you haven't heard yet and likely won't hear.  And don't forget to breathe.

      Let us all know how it goes on Monday.

        • November 21, 2014 at 2:21 pm
        _Paul_
        Participant

        That is such excellent advice Maggie! One thing getting this disease makes pretty clear is that each day is precious! So time spent in worry and fear is wasting it. I was at a melanoma symposium in Seattle in the spring (before I was Stage IV) and spoke with a warrior there. I had said that wait-and-see was hard, and his response was that wait-and-see are the good times.

        • November 21, 2014 at 2:21 pm
        _Paul_
        Participant

        That is such excellent advice Maggie! One thing getting this disease makes pretty clear is that each day is precious! So time spent in worry and fear is wasting it. I was at a melanoma symposium in Seattle in the spring (before I was Stage IV) and spoke with a warrior there. I had said that wait-and-see was hard, and his response was that wait-and-see are the good times.

        • November 21, 2014 at 2:21 pm
        _Paul_
        Participant

        That is such excellent advice Maggie! One thing getting this disease makes pretty clear is that each day is precious! So time spent in worry and fear is wasting it. I was at a melanoma symposium in Seattle in the spring (before I was Stage IV) and spoke with a warrior there. I had said that wait-and-see was hard, and his response was that wait-and-see are the good times.

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