I heard about Sentinel Node Biopsy from my surgeon. It sounded like the best thing for me.

Before surgery, I just know they inserted the dye to see which way it would drain, so they would know exactly which lymph node it went to.

After surgery, like I said, I didn't have any pain so I didn't have to take any special medications, just basically keeping the area clean and not going out and moving a whole lot and lifting a whole lot.

Not that getting cancer is so great, but I thought that my whole outlook on it changed. I thought it was going to be terrifying, but actually from the day I found I had the cancer until today I have not shed one tear, because I don't think that it is an illness now that calls for you to really be depressed and all of those things. I would recommend Sentinel Node Biopsy to everyone, yes, I would.

I discovered it in my yearly mammogram. I had
	been having a slight pain I thought was a
		muscle pull. I took my mammogram and from
			there they said, "Just go wait in the room
				and we will see if we have done everything
					correctly", and I said, "Okay, fine." I'm
					used to that routine but at this particular
					time they told me to go and take an
				ultrasound and from then, that was it.
		My treatment plan was first a lumpectomy
	with chemotherapy and radiation. Luckily I was
at the first stage, which was very great for me.