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Just diagnosed - it's all moving so fast
Hi everyone, I was just diagnosed yesterday (Wednesday) with DCIS, plus a focal area of invasive carcinoma NST, provisional grade 2, ER and PR positive and HER2 negative. I meet with the surgeon tom...
Meeting with the surgeon went well. I am now booked in for surgery on Tuesday! That will mean survey within a week of diagnosis. I feel very lucky it is all able to be done so quickly, it reduces the amount of time to dwell on it.
That's terrific, Kirsty1 - that is VERY quick!! Even better - absolutely, less time to stress xx. Take lots of deep breaths if you feel unsettled ... take it all one day at a time, one hour, if you must! Don't forget the Helpline is there for a chat if you'd like to.
(Mine took over 3 months from detection to get to surgery!! But I live in a rural area & it was nearly 9 years ago!)
My best suggestion for taking to hospital with you is a pair of earplugs ( recommend 3M) and an eye mask (from a plane!) Hospitals are bright & very noisy places, even at night! You squish the earplugs to about pencil thickness & shove them in your ears & they expand to fit your ear! They are VERY good - and don't stick out (which can be uncomfortable!)
Take some reading matter (magazines rather than books, as you get interrupted all the time!) and your tablet/phone/chargers .... something warm (they are cool places too!) And front opening PJs (you don't want anything you need to pull over your head for a good while after the surgery.)
There are more tips on this link ... and just tips in general on the whole thing, too:
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/23477/a-big-welcome-to-all-new-online-network-members#latest
Take care & all the best xx Keep BUSY on the weekend. 😉