Hi Wendy!
Thanks for responding. I'm 58, single, don't have many friends, and my family live over an hour away. I've always been independent so having to reach out for help is very much outside of my comfort zone. Everyone has their horror stories about various hospitals but the Alfred Hospital is 10 minutes down the road which is handy being alone as I can get there and back quickly in an Uber/taxi. I have been given a Breast Care Nurse at the Alfred who has been quite responsive. Although she did say that she wasn't happy with the wait for my core biopsy but there wasn't anything she could do about it. My surgeon was lovely.
