I had my lymph node dissection on Friday, March 7. After the double mastectomy in September, when the pathology report came back, they realized the tumor was much bigger than originally thought and therefore I had no clear margins. My surgeon said she would need to go back in for the lymph node surgery just to be sure. My medical oncologist suggested they do the chemotherapy first to give my body some time to heal and that's how we've traveled this path in the way that we have. We got to the hospital on Friday at 8:30 am, preparing for a 10:30 am surgery. My surgeon is VERY detailed and meticulous though so the surgery before mine went longer than expected and I don't think they wheeled me in until about 1:30 or so. Around 11 am or so they did give me the nerve block which I will reiterate is the best thing ever. Firstly they give you the joy juice which knocks me right out and thus I have no idea what they are doing, which is just fine with me! I woke up afterward and wa...