Hi hope you are ok.  I had breast cancer 3 years ago. Had a lumpectomy and some lymph nodes removed.  When they did mine they checked the tissue removed to make sure it was all removed and the lymph nodes to see if it had spread to them. So probably just checking to make sure it has all been removed and not spread to lymph nodes.  I then had radiotherapy and have been on tamoxifen for three years. Hope all goes well for you.

Thank you and thanks for your reply. They did biopsies from my tumour and lymph nodes before I had my mastectomy and told me that there was cancer in the lymph nodes although as they have removed all the lymph nodes during surgery maybe it’s to check how many of them are affected. I suppose that might affect what chemo I need. It’s all very new for me at the moment, everything has happened so quickly and there seems to be so much to take in. I hope all is going well for you. 

Thank you and thanks for your reply. They did biopsies from my tumour and lymph nodes before I had my mastectomy and told me that there was cancer in the lymph nodes although as they have removed all the lymph nodes during surgery maybe it’s to check how many of them are affected. I suppose that might affect what chemo I need. It’s all very new for me at the moment, everything has happened so quickly and there seems to be so much to take in. I hope all is going well for you.