Hi there @Yango. I was treated at a major teaching hospital in Sydney as a public patient. I was actually in hospital for another condition and a CT scan (body) was done for that. That was when the BC was found. Within a fortnight I'd had the biopsies, mammograms, ultrasound, another CT.(full body and also bone scan. I then saw the Oncologist and breast surgeon and my situation was discussed with a multidisciplinary team and the plan of action drawn up. I had chemo first, followed by the bilateral mastectomy and the chemo started before that two weeks was up. I also had a port put in on the morning of my first chemo. Then Christmas came around, between the first stage of chemo and the second stage, and all the medical staff seemed to be on holiday. I was hoping that someone mentioned to the cancer that it was Christmas, so please don't keep growing, as that would not be cricket. I think that once this Easter business is done and dusted, people will soon be back in the saddle, and then things will move quickly. I was assured by my other treating doctors that the delay between stage one and two would make no difference. Months...yes...but days or weeks...no. Hang in there...Ally.