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Surgical Consult – Thoughts

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    • August 19, 2018 at 10:02 pm
    Finn
    Participant

      Finally got my referral to a Surgical Oncologist and I have my consult tomorrow morning. Hopefully, I will be able to get my surgery scheduled, so I can figure out the full prognosis of this thing. 

      I have been researching everything I can find online about wide local excision and sentinal lymph node biopsy, so I am as prepared as I can be to ask questions and make sure I am informed. I can research until I am blue in the face, but I was hoping maybe for some first-hand experience. 

      Anyone have any questions/concerns/info that came up in their consults that were helpful? Or was there a question you wished you had thought to ask, but didn't?

      Thanks.

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        • August 20, 2018 at 1:39 am
        iskitwo
        Participant

          Sounds like you are already pretty prepared. I really wanted to know exactly how thing would go the day of surgery so my doctor was pretty detailed  about what would take place. I hope they schedule you soon because I know waiting is the worst!! Wishing you the best!

          Missy

          • August 20, 2018 at 6:36 pm
          mandyjill
          Participant

            I didn't expect to have to spend the night in the hospital and go home with a drain tube, but both those things happened.  Just fyi.

            • August 20, 2018 at 7:54 pm
            Savymoo23
            Participant

              I just had a wide local excision done on my back and had SLNB done last monday. I would say be preparred for change of size of the excision. Mine came out huge

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