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Elvenwishes
5 years agoMember
Waiting for Radiation Therapy
I was diagnosed in late November 2019. Had surgery on the 22nd January 2020 was told that 99.9% it was gone.. Yeah I thought why not tell me 100% (I lost my plot that day). I was then told to have a...
Leia
5 years agoMember
Hi Elvenwishes, your wait seems excessive to me too. I had private surgery in April and started my radiation as a public patient at SCGH in July. Have you heard anything from the radiation oncology department at all? If not, it might be best to contact your surgeon. Mine advised me to contact him if I hadn’t heard from radiation oncology within- can’t actually remember now, but say a month! ( I had heard from them by then.)
I found the waiting worse than the treatment, so really feel for you! Hope you get it started soon.
Best wishes!