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sjd_barra's avatar
sjd_barra
Member
6 years ago

Waiting period from chemo to surgery

Hi,
my question is how long people have waited for their surgery after chemo has finished.

 I was dx Nov 18 De Novo IBC Mets to spine age 40.

It has been 4 weeks since my chemo has finished and I haven’t met with a surgeon yet.

Since I had a good response to chemo, does it matter when my surgery is?    

Waiting is doing my head in :(
anxiety
surgery
timelines
  • youngdogmum's avatar
    youngdogmum
    Member
    6 years ago
    @sjd_barra are you public or private? Do you have a breast nurse? If so they should be able to provide a better time line to at least the first appointment to plan the surgery. 
  • LMK74's avatar
    LMK74
    Member
    6 years ago
    I waited 5 weeks after chemo finished and had my mastectomy. My surgeon told me they won't do it any sooner because of the chemo, to high risk of catching infection. 
  • sjd_barra's avatar
    sjd_barra
    Member
    6 years ago
    @Blossom1961, I hope I get a weeks notice at least. I have been ringing the hospital to confirm appointments. None for me yet though!
  • Blossom1961's avatar
    Blossom1961
    Member
    6 years ago
    @sjd_barra my surgery was four weeks after chemo but the surgeon had scheduled it in and just forgot to tell me. I had to find it out myself. I was officially informed the week before the surgery.

  • smokie08's avatar
    smokie08
    Member
    6 years ago
    Hi sjd_barra I finished my chemo on the 15th of September and my surgery was on 24th of October . I was stage 2b triple negative  so had chemo before surgery but was seeing surgeon when I was on chemo so there was a time plan . Take care