diagnosed 05/08

thank you all for your comments, yes I was assertive with the 5 min appt and said that I wouldn't be attending, they arranged for a local GP to tell me. I live in a very small town outside of Casterton, we have about 140 residents and Casterton has about 1500, I have lived here 6 1/2 years. I have access to a Breast Care NP in Hamilton which is about 60kms away and we have spoken on the phone, I attended Ballarat Hosp yesterday, left about 0515 but went to the wrong place lol oh well, I am geographically challenged as I keep telling people who dont really believe or understand. Nevertheless I was only 5 mins late for 1000 appt but didnt see the specialist till about 1140 - I was so cranky I almost walked out, I could have left home later & not been so anxious about leaving on time etc ... anyway I stayed, somewhat reluctantly. The specialist is nice but I was so tired, I agreed to participate in some research involving a magsteel insert (to locate the cancer for the surgeon) & magdye (?) - special dye injected by the surgeon and over the next couple of weeks it will make its way to the sentinel nodes which are affected (maybe) by the cancer. This entailed more procedures, the dye was just injected but the magsteel insert had to be guided in place using ultrasound, then a mammogram to ensure its position, then I attended admissions.
So operation is scheduled for the 01/09/20 and I have to be there at 0700. I am going to call and ask about that ... plus I have to isolate for 2 weeks prior and get a covid 19 test one week prior to the op. A long day as I arrived home about 1830 ... was so grateful and happy to be home. I am thinking though that after this post I should be checking out the other forums - cheers and good luck to all.