How long after being diagnosed with BC did u have/start treatment?
I feel like i have been going in circles. With test and options but no action. Just wondering how long others waited?
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Hi @Lulu28,
What a pain in the butt it is waiting and chasing things around. I went public.
Diagnoses 29 sept. Surgical apt the following Friday. I could have been operated on on the Monday if I had opted for mastectomy but I wanted lumpectomy if possible. My surgeon said that it had probably been there for years so a couple more weeks wasn't going to make any difference,
Chased the primary breast tumour around for a month as it couldn't be felt (orignal lump I had found in LN) 2 x mammos 2 x us couldn't find it. The MRI did, It was well hidden and deep.
2 core biopsies as the first one missed. Went to a different place and they were able to hit it. The doctor there said "sometimes its like shooting for a grain of sand in a bowl of jelly" LOL
So it ended up one month and one day since diagnosis to surgery.
What a pain in the butt it is waiting and chasing things around. I went public.
Diagnoses 29 sept. Surgical apt the following Friday. I could have been operated on on the Monday if I had opted for mastectomy but I wanted lumpectomy if possible. My surgeon said that it had probably been there for years so a couple more weeks wasn't going to make any difference,
Chased the primary breast tumour around for a month as it couldn't be felt (orignal lump I had found in LN) 2 x mammos 2 x us couldn't find it. The MRI did, It was well hidden and deep.
2 core biopsies as the first one missed. Went to a different place and they were able to hit it. The doctor there said "sometimes its like shooting for a grain of sand in a bowl of jelly" LOL
So it ended up one month and one day since diagnosis to surgery.