Help understanding procedures pls ?

Hi there.  Once op is over, the lump and any lymph nodes removed are tested to check whether everything has been removed and that there is no spread to lymph nodes. Most of us seem to see surgeon around 2 weeks after op to chat about results and discuss next course of action, if needed. Hope this helps 

I never had a CT scan 

Hello, I can only give my experience which was that following a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy, I had to wait whilst the lab checked they had got what they call clear margins from the lumpectomy and whether any cancer cells had got to my lymph nodes. So, my understanding was that even though they operate to remove the cancer, they also check in a lab to see whether they have got everything. Hope that helps, the waiting was pretty awful, but got there eventually.

Thank you both 

xx

I think different NHS trusts do it differently. 

Where I am, If I had more than 4 lymph nodes affected then I would have had a CT scan. 

Also plans can change following results too. Xx

Ah yeah that’s probably why I was a bit confused 

my NHS trust has same policy to yours I think 

xx