Pre-Care

In retrospect, pre-care did not explain much to me about what to expect from sentinel node surgery. The nurse took my vital signs and said, "You have low blood pressure for an old gal!" (I think the term for this is backhanded compliment.) She seemed to be the same age as me and considerably out of shape, so presumably her blood pressure is higher than mine. ;)  She asked me what I do at UNC and when I explained that I am a speech-language pathologist, she asked me for advice about her "artistic" (i.e., autistic) grandchild. We discussed this for a while and then she told me not to eat or drink anything after midnight.