Hello,  I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in early July, saw the surgeon very quickly, but had about a month long wait until my first surgery, as the hold up was with the availability of a technician in nuclear medicine to perform the hook wire procedure before the surgery. But after the surgery was done, I have been fortunate with my care here in Tasmania, as we do suffer terribly with an over loaded health system and I was worried I would have to wait. I have had the best of support from a McGrath breast care nurse, the best oncologist and the cancer Centre within the hospital.. My surgeon told me that there would be no difference at all in the wait time as a public patient with cancer, as we have no hospital cover.. I was very relieved as you don't want any wait when you are treating cancer.. Good luck with everything 🙏 ... View more

Hi Gail, I am so sorry you went through that, I have just been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and my best friend 🤔 hasn’t even reached out.. so sick of people offering their advice on cancer ! Unless you are going through it yourself, then keep your opinions to yourself, do people really think that we are looking for sympathy ? All cancers are treatable but not curable. Always a risk things don’t work out.. it’s bloody scary and it’s hard.. ... View more

Hello,  I have just been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and felt the same way as you, in the first instance though after seeing my GP and getting my results, I saw a surgeon 4 days after that, but then was told that they would operate within 2 weeks, but now have a hold up and it has stretched out to 5 weeks til surgery, as the radiologist that has to do the procedure to attach the fine hook wire into the tumour before surgery, is unavailable for a few weeks, even offered to travel an hour away to a larger hospital to have it done, but was told the same problem there as well, as the specialised radiographer is on leave.. it’s so upsetting and frustrating that it is out of my control.. and I go to bed feeling so much anxiety as to whether the tumour is growing larger by the day or is going to spread to my lymph nodes.. I just want it out !  ... View more