Should I feel so drained at this stage

I totally get what you're saying, I feel the same, I'm waiting to hear re WLE and SLBN dates. Sending positivity, I'm too early in my journey to help with advice, though I do know emotional stress is exhausting

Thank you I hope you hear about your dates soon. All we can do is our best in the meantime I suppose. 

I get this too. I’m stage 2 and had my WLE and SLNB nearly two weeks ago. Diagnosed in Aug and I’ve just feel drained since. Really tired and irritable. Whilst I have great support too, it’s like the elephant in the room and with two daughters at home I just put my brave face on and get on with it. Feeling so relieved now I’ve had the operation but the panic has started to set in about the results and any quiet time I have my mind starts to race and think the worst. I think it’s totally okay to feel scared and anxious and unless you’ve been through it - it’s difficult to understand from an outsiders perspective. Stay strong and positive xxx

Thank you it’s reassuring to know others feel the same. I hope your results are all clear ️

I feel similarly about my parents the way you feel with your daughters. My mum is ever the level headed pragmatist but I know underneath she is protecting me from her worries. On the other hand my dad (like me) can’t really disguise his feelings well, when I call him I can hear the fear and panic in his voice. I just think of how crushed they would be if I get really sick or worse. It makes me not want to tell them anything.  

But I’m getting ahead of myself, I don’t know enough yet to dwell on these worries. Fingers crossed for all of us.