Lipoma removal from breast

[OakLeaf]

So glad it's benign. Are you sure they can't do the surgery under a local? General anesthesia is very, very scary.

2-3 days recovery to being able to bike is probably reasonable (assuming the cognitive effects of the anesthesia don't preclude it). Plan on quite a bit longer if you do any other sports, minimum of a month for anything that requires using your arms much (aerobics, racquet sports, golf eg). And, my yoga teacher/RN emphasizes that you should not do yoga with stitches in - she wouldn't even let me come to class until I got my stitches out after having a mole removed.

[thekarens]

So glad it's benign. Are you sure they can't do the surgery under a local? General anesthesia is very, very scary.

2-3 days recovery to being able to bike is probably reasonable (assuming the cognitive effects of the anesthesia don't preclude it). Plan on quite a bit longer if you do any other sports, minimum of a month for anything that requires using your arms much (aerobics, racquet sports, golf eg). And, my yoga teacher/RN emphasizes that you should not do yoga with stitches in - she wouldn't even let me come to class until I got my stitches out after having a mole removed.

I don't know for absolute certainty until I see the surgeon. Lipomas in any other area would be a local, but this one tends to float around in my breast. You should have seen them trying to do the biopsy. They had my breast all taped down and it was like a video game with her trying to get to it, it kept moving around.

However, I was reading the surgeon's bio and it says she specializes in the least invasive techniques, so maybe she's got a trick up her sleeve that she could do it under a local.

I can guarantee I have zero desire for general anesthesia and would do anything required to do it locally.

Cycling and walking/jogging are the only sports I do.

[Catrin]

Wishing you a quick resolving of this and hope it goes easily, whatever you and your medical peeps decide!