Hi @Friedeggs
Welcome from another newbie. I’m post surgical and chemo round #1.
I have a mate who was treated through lifehouse and cannot speak more highly of the whole process and team there, so based on her feedback and excellent results I would say save yourself the $$.
I’m not in Sydney, so will leave it to more experienced and learned locals to comment on feedback further.
I will say however, things changed really rapidly in this first early part. What you think is going on and what test results say and then what gets recommend can change very rapidly. I started with a simple lumpectomy based on first test result and ended up with a double mastectomy, chemo, radio and DNA sequencing (and triple negative grade 3 to boot). i also learned not to google doctor pretty quickly and had the surgeon, oncologist, BCNA team and Breastcare nurse tell me how far things have come in the last 5 years, let alone 10, so the teams considerations would be measured in their recommendations.
Breast cancer treatment is a team sport, so build a team you trust (not just a surgeon). The team should case manage you. Personally I find this very very helpful as they consider my case, make recommendations, show me the research about it and I have the save team in infusion, rooms, wards, theatres, radiology etc.
Go gently
