Hi @dougal,
Welcome to the forum. You are about to meet some amazing people here. Loads of warmth and wisdom. The rollercoaster that is breast cancer. The shock is just indescribable isn't it? An there is nothing worse than last minute changes of plan.
I was 45 at diagnosis feeling great just getting on with life then I found a weird kind of lump under my arm and the rest is history so to speak. Blows you out of the water to say the least.
One month to surgery from Dday chasing around the elusive breast tumour that was playing hard to find. Then about 6 weeks to chemo starting. They like you to be a bit recovered before you get going.
Keep asking questions lovely. We are all here for you.
xoxoxox