Needles in my nipple

Needles in the nipple

Some times I think I really am strong, and then I have a radio active dye injected into my nipple via 4 needles. Fun huh!!!

The reason for it is if ever I did develop cancer in this breast skin at a later stage, without mammary vessels, the doctors don't know which lymph nodes would be impacted and would have to take all of them out. Lymph nodes feed each other sequentially, so the radioactive dye was for 2 purposes 1. Work out which was the first sentinel node, the second and so on, secondly whether any of the nodes were suspicious. When in surgery my breast surgeon would add more dye which make the nodes glow bright blue if there is cancer cells.

If ever I think I'm going through something a little tough or uncomfortable I just have to remind myself of this day.

Tomorrow is the big day, where I go back for the other side to be removed and rebuilt. I think I'm ready but scared out of my shorts. Thinking happy thoughts.