Having had all of the diagnostic tests done, today we met the surgical team. It was not at all what we expected, we've both left the appointment feeling rather rattled. The team walked us through chemo and what to expect (we were shocked by this as Oncology had already explored this to us in great detail. The good, the bad and the ugly!) Oncology were very thorough, yet positive. From those conversations we felt prepared for chemo and fully aware of what may or may not happen. (I will touch on the chemo in another post) The surgeon however seemed to have her negative pants on. Phrases such as ''this chemo will hit you like a train'' 'it will 'floor you'' ''you will be in bed for days''. Non of which we expected or were prepared to hear. Those sorts of effects were something we were prepared for, however from our previous appointments and conversations with people undergoing this particular chemo, we'd learned that it's a real...
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