Hello everyone,
My mum was diagnosed on the 28th January this year with invasive ductal carcinoma in left breast (stage 1) She needed a VAE which was done 2 weeks later and came back negative (Yay) We waited 2 weeks for the results of these then referral made to the surgeons for removal of cancer in the left breast over 2 weeks ago. I feel like the process has just been very slow. Is this normal? We are on week 7 since diagnosis and haven't even seen a doctor to discuss a plan/surgery
Hi
I was diagnosed in October 24, had two different biopsies and lots of meetings to discuss treatment plan, finally has surgery on December 31st. Unfortunately it just takes time, the waiting is awful and very stressful, but keeping positive and talking to friends and family helped me a lot.
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