Surgery scheduled

Soooo, this is just me but I would not wait from last week of Jan to first week of April for surgery.

You first posted on Jan 29 but I think you implied you got initial dx a few days before that.

From Jan 29-April 4 is 65 days and that already is outside the target of 60 that is reported in this blog post by a breast surgeon on breast cancer & surgical delays and what the studies indicate are optimal times

https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/01/12/breast-...

Maybe you can get on a cancellation list & try to get it moved up?

Yes, CoComedy, your tumor biopsy should give the hormone receptor status and the Nottingham Grade. It usually only takes a few days after biopsy fore these results to come & honestly most times it seems it comes right on the same document when they identify it as the type of cancer. I think my GP had them on Day 3 after my biopsy but I guess it depends on the backlog of the pathology labs.

Make sure you're asking for physical copies of your reports and scans and start making up your own binder with extra copies. You can also request discs of your scans etc. When you have those in hand, it can speed things up if you get to a doc who says 'oh I don't have that report/I haven't seen that scan yet' & you can whip it out of your bag and give a copy to them. I think this might be an especially good idea if you're seeing the coordination between the docs isn't ideal but even in integrated systems, I think it helps to do this. I'm in an integrated system but even here I found myself driving my CD of my mammogram and ultrasound from the imaging labs out to my surgeon to cut down on delays. It helped: I got my surgery day 8 after receiving diagnosis. Then, during the surgery check-in, the admission desk hadn't received my pre-op bloodwork (only my bs had) so I again whipped it out of my binder and said 'ta da!'.

Hi Dina - sorry you've found yourself here. Do read through the surgery prep threads and the monthly surgery threads; I got lots of handy tips. Also if you fill out your diagnosis and make it public in your signature, you can get more specific tips from people with similar dx as yours.


hugs!

Hi -- newby here... I, too, was diagnosed just 2/5/18 (IDC, 9mm, ER/PR+, HER2-) and am scheduled for lumpectomy, sentinel node biopsy, and IORT on Monday 2/26. It's been great to find this resource and know that I'm nowhere near alone in what I'm going through. Mine, too, was found during an annual mammogram. No real symptoms, until they were doing the ultrasound and I realized that the spot of concern was the same area that I felt a tugging sensation when I raised my arm. I've also been working on making additional diet changes (had already made plenty before the bomb of a dx) and working out like a fanatic! It should help!! Anyone else newly diagnosed find themselves with a very heightened awareness of every little bump, twinge, pang anywhere in your body? It's really crazy!!

Here's to getting to the other side of what I'm calling my little M&M's coming out party.

yes sweetie indeed the waiting is Awful once plan in place things ease up.Stay Positive and Hopeful that got me thru. I am now Thank God going into my 24th yr Survivor. msphi idc stage2 0/3 nodes Lmast chemo rads n 5yrs on Tamoxifen as I was planning Our 2nd Wedding.