Information Overload!

I was diagnosed October last year, routine mammogram and no symptoms. IDC (of no special type) 2cm with 1 lymph node involved. I am coming to the end of my chemo. I had a nuclear bone scan and CT. I was told it was standard to check for any further spread, and also the bone scan is used as a baseline for future reference as chemo can cause bone density issues, so I fully expect I'll have to have another one when I'm finished. My bone scan was fine, and I had a few unrelated things picked up on my CT, which were investigated further, but I was assured were not cancer related. I had a cyst on my liver which is apparently very common, and a cyst on my ovary which also common, and a very small nodule in my lung which they are 99.9% sure is historic either environmental or from an old chest infection, but they will keep and eye on it just to be sure. It hasn't changed during chemo, which they said was good sign it was nothing to worry about. My surgeon said that it is very common to find all these things, but once they find them they double check. It's pretty overwhelming to start with as you get rushed through so many tests, which can result in more tests and scans, but it does start to calm down and once I had a plan for treatment I felt a lot better, more in control, and my anxiety levels dropped a lot. The waiting was the worst for me. Be kind to yourself, and definitely make use of the support available if it gets overwhelming, the McGrath nurses have been brilliant, and helped organise all my appointments in the rush before Christmas so that I could get started on chemo before all the consultants went on Christmas breaks.