What to expect during lumpectomy

I`ll tell you the procedure my wife had:

The day of surgery. I spread EMLA cream on her aeriola about 1/4 inch thick, and about 1 inch around it. I then covered it with saran wrap and taped all of the edges. We arrived at the hospital at 7am. We checked in and went to pre-op. She was given a gown that opened in the front. She was given an IV. The next thing that happened was a nurse came in, and removed my handy-work, cleaned he up and gave her 2 injections in the aeriola of radioactive material. It was painless (BE SURE TO USE THE EMLA CREAM) or it will be extreme. The anesthesiologist came in, asked a few questions and left. At about 10am they took her into the operating room, and slid her onto the table. she was awake about 5 more minutes. She wasn't given a catheter. I waited about an hour and she was brought into post-op. she was there for about 45 minutes while she woke up. She then went to recovery, and I went there. They removed a 3cm lump in her right breast, at the 9 o'clock position, 9 cm from the nipple, 1cm from the surface. the incision was made around the aeriola about 2 inches long. She`s a 44dd. the tumor was removed, and the margins were examined. She felt like a little more margin would be better, so she removed more tissue. There was also an incision on the lower arm pit about 2 inches long. 2 lymph nodes were removed . 1 sentinel node and 1 auxiliary node. She was fitted with a special bra. We went home. total time was about 4 hours. Pain was a little intense the first night, but ibuprofen was fine. she was given tramadol, but didn't take it. Her surgery was on a Monday. she went back to work the following Monday. She developed a little bit of cording in the right arm, but I was able to take care of it with massaging her. I also messaged her whole body every night... like I have done for years.

The pathology report came back a week later . All margins were clear. 2 weeks after surgery her ONCA DX score came back as a 12. (no chemotherapy) 5 weeks later she had radiation therapy for 2 weeks every other day, but thats another story.

Her surgery was September 11, 2022. Today, she is a little tired all of the time, but getting stronger. She`s also working on finishing her masters degree. Shes 54. Shes taken a total of 3 weeks off from work during this ordeal. Mostly because I made her stay home....

I went to and attended, every mammogram, biopsy, and every radiation treatment. The only time she left my side was in surgery. Some of the staff didnt like me, but mostly I was praised

You’re very welcome, and thank you. If you would like to have more information, I will try to help you. I tried to be detailed, but I might have missed something. Also the surgeon was a plastic surgeon