Does cancer travel from lymph nodes to the body, if the cancer has been fully removed from the breast?

Yes, I had one recently due to feeling lumps in other breast but it was only fatty tissue! More luck!

I have lympoedema but it is a lot better than at the outset, when I could barely move my arm. Now have compression sleeve and doing daily drainage exercises.

Good luck xx

How frustrating for you Daizy03.  Were you able to ask them to contact you the moment an appointment comes through?  I had to have a second op to clear some stray cells at the margin, so I waited five weeks for the second operation.  This gives me an idea of how you are feeling.  I actually had the CT scan before the operation which I think is unusual. A private CT scan is very expensive.  Also some doctors are not happy about mixing private and NHS care. Maybe you could phone again this afternoon?  Once I saw the oncologist things really moved almost too quickly.  Hope you can find some peace today.  All the best and as you know stay positive even if it is hard.

Thank you thirds. Just feeling so overwhelmed and struggling not to cry my eyes out! she did say she will give me a call but I think I will call and see if I don’t receive a call before 3. I don’t know what I will say if she says she couldn’t book it though. It just seems so slow paced 

I have started a different brand hormone tablet and getting more aches and pains with this brand than other brand. What medication are you on xx

In clinic they said they removed 6 nodes, but on the letter that has been sent to gp, it says 16 nodes were removed. I’m so confused 

For the last year I have been on Accord and the side effects gradually lessened. Pharmacy couldn't get Accord so now on Crescent and side effects creeping up again. Maybe you just get used to a brand. I will ask pharmacy to try and source Accord again but it's a bit pot-luck I guess.

Hope your side effects improve - not much fun this game is it? xx

Think of lymph nodes as safety nets. They catch the cancer cells. I had one of 23 removed positive and a clear ct scan. Everyone has a different amount of nodes. My friend only had 7. They remove however many is there when doing a node clearance. 

Hi was your 2 lumps close together.  Going to speak with my local pharmacist and see if he can keep me on same brands as before xxx

Wow safety nets. That’s really good to visualise and understand. Thank you

My friend who only had 7 in total 5 had cancer in. As she said the other two saved her from it spreading. 5 yrs on she is all good x