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How long from being told you need Chemo to starting treatment?
Hi, I'm still in 'the waiting place' and trying to give myself some idea of what may be ahead. I'm waiting on EndoPredict results to help determine if I will have Chemo. It appears that my onc appo...
Thanks, I am public but I've also seen the surgeon and plastic surgeon's who practise out of the hospital privately which helped speed up some of the steps. I did have a month's wait from signing off the surgery I wanted to getting the surgery. They said this may be the case as it required the two surgeons.Keeping_positive1 said:I was very disappointed in the timeframe from diagnosis until my bilateral lumpectomy, being 2 months a one day. Then a further 6 weeks to start chemo. I am sure part of the problem was I was in the public system and at a very busy oncology department in Melbourne, being ONJ cancer clinic in Heidelberg. I am sure that is not going to be your experience, so I hope I do not sound too negative about our public hospital system, particularly at ONJ in Melbourne. .
I wish you the best, and I am sure you will not experience what I experienced, despite I was Stage 3, I am sure it has left me trying to keep positive, as my name suggests. Are you a private or public patient ? It makes a difference!
It does feel like this has been such a long, drawn out process. But then my cancer was only grade 2 and my surgery has removed it all. Medically I am NED now. Chemo would be precautionary.