Disappointed, crushed, depression setting in!
With my diagnosis 5 weeks ago, I began my journey, High grade DCIS with 10mm close to my lymph nodes. I met with the surgeon 3 weeks ago, then following week the plastic surgeon then today again saw ...
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Hi Melclarity
Thanks for replying :)
I began in the public system and chose to stay there as everybody advised it was the best place to be. Both surgeon and nurses first said I would be operated on within a 4 week turn around, then I received the news after already a 5 week wait it would now be another 3 months wait, if my mind wasn't already stressed enough this just tipped me over the edge. I understand the public system but was led to believe I would go through this journey smoothly. I am having a mastectomy with expander and later an implant, so yes reconstructive. Mentally I couldn't do a mastectomy without reconstruction as have read about others not having this choice later down the track due to scar tissue etc.
Im lucky enough to have private health cover and would have gone private to begin with if I had been told the wait to begin with, this was a specific question when this journey began.
Thanks for replying :)
I began in the public system and chose to stay there as everybody advised it was the best place to be. Both surgeon and nurses first said I would be operated on within a 4 week turn around, then I received the news after already a 5 week wait it would now be another 3 months wait, if my mind wasn't already stressed enough this just tipped me over the edge. I understand the public system but was led to believe I would go through this journey smoothly. I am having a mastectomy with expander and later an implant, so yes reconstructive. Mentally I couldn't do a mastectomy without reconstruction as have read about others not having this choice later down the track due to scar tissue etc.
Im lucky enough to have private health cover and would have gone private to begin with if I had been told the wait to begin with, this was a specific question when this journey began.