I am having chemo first also! I too thought this was strange! I still think it strange because I have only been booked in for 2 cycles of TCH then surgery rather than the 3 or more that I have read about?
However in saying this in all the foggyness of appointments the doctors decided this was the better way to go as it gave them parameters to work with when working out a 'clearance' around the tumor when it came to surgery.
Its like I have been in a constant fog for the last month since diagnosis!
All the best and let us know how you are going.