My lumpectomy was performed first with the thinking that it would be faster to recover from then my hysterectomy when just the opposite occured. My hysterectomy was vaginal and not thru any incision thru the stomach like my c-section so many years ago, this led to my quick recovery but my stress was big time since your not out of the woods with any diagnosis until they cut into you and test the mass for malignancy. Benign "bingo" one word that leads to an instant feeling of JOY, hello.