Pre-Admission

Was at the hospital today for a pre-admission clinic . It all went very smooth . Blood work , ecg ,examined by the internal medicine doctor (she was very nice ) in a couple of hours Kev and I were heading home just a little snag with the parking lol but all was good .
Two phone calls when I get home one for my appointment time for my Sentinel mapping that will be done the day before surgery nov29th . They will be injecting a dye and then I will go for ex rays a few hours later. This mapping will aide the surgeon in locating the the Sentinel node , he will remove 1-3 nodes during surgery and test while I am under to check if cancer cells are present. I am hoping this comes back negative as this is the first place cancer cell go and if there is no sign of cancer here then it is likely the cancer hasn't spread beyond the breast . They will also be removing a 2 and a half cm tumor and a boundary of tissue surrounding it.
I am not one to excessively worry , my philosophy is not to waste brain space on something that isn't a fact yet and deal with it when the time comes . I am keeping positive that the cancer is not in the nodes and is stage 1 or 2.  I realize if they are found in the nodes my cancer stage could be  3 or 4 ..
I am going in with the mind set that that it is at the early stage and I will have the minimal of treatment .
The second call was from my nurse navigator . She is there for support and answer any questions or concerns . She did inform me the night of surgery I will be staying overnight and it will be right there on the ward ..not to thrilled about that as its not a room or semi private room its going to be like staying over night in emerge lots of curtains and activity.... oh well maybe I'll get lucky and be well enough to be sent home that day ( positive thoughts)