Hi Lisa,
I didn't have neoadjuvent chemotherapy but I live in Darwin so I understand the Isolation you must be feeling, I was diagnosed May last year with Stage 2b Early Stage Breast Cancer but I had 3 Tumours 2 were Grade 2 tumors sitting on a DCIS non malignant tumor almost malignant but was able to be removed, I am 46 turning 47 in June and I have finished Active Treatment as in just over 5 months of Chemo and 6 weeks of Radiation and numerous surgeries, breast cancer alone is so hard to come to terms with but when there are children involved young children it is so much harder.
When I was diagnosed my daughter Angelena was 9 ( now 10 ) and we're very close but we weren't seperated at any time but my biggest concern for me was my little girl and how she was going to handle seeing what her mum was about to go through so I spoke to her school and they were amazing as I have done Volunteer work with the children since our daughter was in preschool, she's now in year 4 we have a very good relationship, I have a very supportive husband and mother in law, in Darwin we have an amazing Cancer Center it's called the Allan Walker Cancer Center and was opened in 2010 they do everything and they even have accomodation across the road from the cancer center maybe you can talk to your doctors and suggest finishing your tretment in Darwin just a suggestion, this is just advice from 1 mum to another but when your at home I know you will be tired at times but maybe doing little things with your daughter like reading her a story, drawing pictures little things you can manage to do with her will mean the world to her, through my volunteer work I have worked with a lot of children with special needs and one of my daughters closest friends Claisse has Autism and she's the sweetest little girl but her mum has leukemia so she understands mum gets tired and that mum is sick. If you need anything you can private message me on here you click on my photo well the lady and it goes to my profile page and you can select message or answer this post and I will reply to your post. You are a very brave woman and a good mother there's a little saying I believe WE ARE WOMEN HEAR US ROAR!!!!!!!! you are never alone on this network the support is endless, sending you a cuddle and a big smile and heaps of positive vibes.
Anita xx
