New here: what to expect
Had previously posted here during a waiting period but got too nervous and deleted so bear with me.
2 years ago I 37M had a biopsy and a mole excision from my midline chest. .6mm pT1a 0 mitosis diagnosis. Clean margins all good.
Flash forward to a couple months ago I caught a couple of swollen lymph nodes near my armpits. Not huge and every doc I mentioned it was impressive I even found them. They measured out 3x2ishx2ish on ultrasound.
Got some testing done - PET all clear (other than nodes), bloodwork great, feel good generally. But biopsy just came back as a recurrence in both sides. Initial oncologist consult indicated <5% of this happening based on how things were handled and initial diagnosis.
But here we are.
Looking for advice - what can I expect, what questions do I need to ask, how do you mentally/emotionally/logistically manage?