Still waiting !!!

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Hi , I  was diagnosed in April following a routine mammogram with  stage 2 ductal cancer , with no spread to lymph nodes.  I had surgery in may to remove the lump and 8 lymph  nodes , and at follow up I was  told I would need  radiotherapy  and tamoxifen .Four  weeks later I  was told the HER2 was positive and I would need herceptin  and a small  amount of chemo. Now 4 weeks on I am still waiting to hear when treatment  will  start !!! I have  been  ringing  the breast care nurses and the oncologists secretary to find out what is happening  but they have  not got back to me . Am I  panicking unnecessarily or should I have  started treatment before now ? 

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    Hi Wightgirl welcome to the forum. It sounds like they are in the process of handing you over to different teams but that is their issue an not yours so if I was you I would keep calling them and insist that they get back to you by a set time.

    I dont think that gap is unreasonable but I do agree that you do need to know what is happening and they need to get dates and times sorted out for you.

  •  Hi  Granny 59, I decided to cut out the middle man and phoned the chemo unit direct , I now start chemo on 27th of July . I'm not looking forward to having it but it's got to be done !!