Going for Consultation for a lumpectomy today

disgur
disgur Member Posts: 17
in Breast Cancer #1
The biopsy results were not clear, so they are suggesting a lumpectomy. Are there any specific questions I should ask?

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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #2
    I would think
    I would think they would just do another BIOPSY...but who am I? I had hubby and friend tag along. (friend had BC 2 x so she was good to have along) Having extra ears helped me the most. ONCE we got in to much ..it was all a blurrrrrr I only heard or remember somethings said...

    make list prior to going -perhaps...

    I dont' think I asked anything...too much at one time for me....i think

    Denise
  • BMS
    BMS Member Posts: 127
    #3
    Lumpectomy
    I had a lumpectomy back in January. I had neoadjuvent chemo (chemo before the surgery) to shrink things as much as possible. That made the lumpectomy a whole lot easier.

    What to ask? Lymph nodes - will there be some removed? How big an area does the surgeon anticipate removing? Will reconstruction be necessary?
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
    #4
    BMS said:

    Lumpectomy
    I had a lumpectomy back in January. I had neoadjuvent chemo (chemo before the surgery) to shrink things as much as possible. That made the lumpectomy a whole lot easier.

    What to ask? Lymph nodes - will there be some removed? How big an area does the surgeon anticipate removing? Will reconstruction be necessary?

    I would think they would do
    I would think they would do another biopsy too to see if it is bc. It might not be. Is there a reason they can't?

    My breast surgeon told us everything we needed to know, so, I didn't have a lot of questions. He was excellent and even sent home a lot of literature for us to read.


    Good luck to you,


    Megan
  • Survivor73
    Survivor73 Member Posts: 135
    #5
    Megan M said:

    I would think they would do
    I would think they would do another biopsy too to see if it is bc. It might not be. Is there a reason they can't?

    My breast surgeon told us everything we needed to know, so, I didn't have a lot of questions. He was excellent and even sent home a lot of literature for us to read.


    Good luck to you,


    Megan

    my biopsy was not for sure
    My biopsy showed suspicious for bc...and they recommended the lumpectomy...

    So I had it done. They didn't take any lymph nodes at all...only the lump. Since it turned out to be bc, I had to go for another surgery to biopsy the sentinal lymph node...that was just done 2 wks ago, still waiting for paths...if it is possible, I will need yet another surgery to take out the rest of lymph nodes and chemo...if not in lymph node, then only radiation...

    hope this helps...this was the general process I was given right from the start.

    Best of luck...by the way, the surg for the lumpectomy was not hard at all...hardly any pain afterward...only took two regular tylenol afterward and was given tyl #3's after the surg. the surg for the lymph nodes was very different - am still on pain pills for nerve pain & it's still very tender to move around & do normal stuff...

    Best of luck!!

    I would ask what the biopsy did show and if anything suspicious showed at all...

    Take care.
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #6
    Survivor73 said:

    my biopsy was not for sure
    My biopsy showed suspicious for bc...and they recommended the lumpectomy...

    So I had it done. They didn't take any lymph nodes at all...only the lump. Since it turned out to be bc, I had to go for another surgery to biopsy the sentinal lymph node...that was just done 2 wks ago, still waiting for paths...if it is possible, I will need yet another surgery to take out the rest of lymph nodes and chemo...if not in lymph node, then only radiation...

    hope this helps...this was the general process I was given right from the start.

    Best of luck...by the way, the surg for the lumpectomy was not hard at all...hardly any pain afterward...only took two regular tylenol afterward and was given tyl #3's after the surg. the surg for the lymph nodes was very different - am still on pain pills for nerve pain & it's still very tender to move around & do normal stuff...

    Best of luck!!

    I would ask what the biopsy did show and if anything suspicious showed at all...

    Take care.

    Good luck with your
    Good luck with your appointment!

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