Hi everyone,
I hope everyone has had a good weekend & didn't melt too much.
chase the book came from my Macmillan nurse, I got that and an info leaflet with advice on speaking to children too. I told school and preschool too, also the Mums of their friends incase I need help with pick ups/sleepovers etc and incase the kids mention anything (& hopefully they can prime theirs as to my potential hair loss if I start to lose it) they are 7 (well nearly 8) and 4 years old. I mentioned I am at hospital Monday and the eldest knew it was for the lump, but is pleased my friend & her teenage daughter are round for tea to look after them. I am not looking forward to the school run 2mo incase I cry on anyone now they know!
mrsp it is amazing how many different ways there are to treat this isn't it? That reassures me that you have had 2 nodes affected, but that it is nowhere else. Good news that your surgeon doesn't want to see you for 6 months too. I hope your oncologist appt comes through soon.
I think I am hormone positive & HER2+ as well. It is stage 3. I am hoping as my scans are so quick that chemo will also start sooner. I think they also need to pop a wire marker into the tumour after I see the oncologist so they know exactly where it is if it has shrunk to the point of not being visible when they do the op.
year better to find out if you can as you are just fretting and it could be completely needlessly. I cannot remember what tests you are waiting to hear back on, but a lot of cancers losing weight seems to be a symptom, so it could be something totally innocent.
I like to have the information though as much as possible and I guess that approach doesn't work for everyone. 
I hope it is good news when it comes.
There is a place attached to one of the hospitals I will be going to with lots of massage, yoga and reflexology type stuff for cancer patients. I did not check it out last week after the consultants appt, but will have a nosey this week at some point. I think they have wigs there too, although I don't know if a wig is really me. I have seen some little cotton beanie hats. Of all the silly things I got upset at after finding out my diagnosis was that it was the wrong time of year for me to wear a hat as I normally only do woolly ones! My friend and the nurse pointed out there are sun hats too & I calmed down! That said I tried on a few different ones and they felt scratchy (& that was with hair!) My hair looks the nicest it has looked in a long time at the moment and I keep feeling sad about that. I may chop it short as have had it in short styles before, but I feel like it is not my choice to go short where it has been before, so not sure what to do. I have heard if it is shorter it may not fall out as much. It is mainly because I don't want my kids to feel uncomfortable at my lack of hair, but am sure I am overthinking it.
leslie you sound very resilient with all these tests you have to have frequently. You are so young to have had all this to deal with and you still manage to be cheery and supportive to others.
Hello to everyone else (sorry have been interrupted a few times with extending bedtime requests - drinks, lights, tummy ache & cough... Is it Monday 2mo by any chance?!)