Treatment

Financial burdens on top of a breast cancer diagnosis, seems like so much to handle.

I think you might want to ask them if they are sure the left breast is ok...because its OK to ask and be safe.

I feel your frustrations....waiting times are unbelievable.

If your nurse is not helping then perhaps it's time to talk to PALS in that hospital. When was your surgery?

My surgery was on 15th March and PALs have not replied yet 

My surgery was 2nd August 21 and I didn't start chemo until 1st October. It was very frustrating at the time. 

Ok. On the other lump, I would notify the breast nurse and request that this is looked into NOW regardless of what is going on with the other breast.

On the other breast, even if the doctor is on leave, they can still give you an appointment for after he or she comes back from leave, so I'd be interested to know why they have not done that yet.

Test results do sometimes take a while to come back. Pathology results, for instance. I once had to wait seven weeks for that to come back, after being told it would take about two weeks. The issue was with the lab, and in the end my nurse contacted them and put pressure on. 

I asked my oncologist at some point how much of a gap we could open from surgery to chemo, and he said, "up to three months." Not sure if that was specific to me at that time or would hold true for someone else too.

It seems so difficult that you need to be assertive when at such a low point, I agree with the others, talk to your nurse I have found them really good for me. Keep in touch with here and I am sure you will be supported 

Yes I was told the same