Here's a term that could be useful as I learn about 'likelihoods' of outcomes... "axillary lymph node dissection" the term for the node removal. I now am searching to life-long implications of it (as I'm a person who really doesn't like losing body parts - just ask me about the discussions with my dentist about not taking out my wisdom teeth waiting til now is kinda surprising). I've been told by some (occasional) nurses various things like "they'll never take blood from that arm again" and "you should never have your blood pressure taken on that arm again" - yet my surgeon hasn't said anything (and it hasn't been important enough to make the current list of questions for her yet). [term saved]
[edited - those directives are temporary, as I suspected; that's guidance for the following several months - maybe 6]
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