I’m in this club 
I’ve been looking around the forum and thanks to all the members, I have learned a lot but only joined when I saw the January post.
I was recalled after a routine mammogram at the end of August and had a lumpectomy at the end of October after many appointments. I was so scared of the surgery as I’ve luckily never as much as had a hint of an illness before.
I was told the day of the biopsy that it would be nothing more than a lumpectomy and hormone treatment but the following week when I got my results, it had changed to lumpectomy and radiotherapy because it’s not hormone receptive.
The surgery was successful and thanks to the kindness and patience of all the staff, it wasn’t as scary as I’d thought. The surgeon rang me with the great news that she’d got clear margins, clear lymph nodes and it’s gone! But I would probably need chemotherapy as belt and braces as it was 1.2mm, stage 1, grade 3 TN.
The oncologist that she handed me over to was lovely and very reassuring and gave me a treatment plan for 12 weekly paclitaxol and 3 or 4 rounds of Carboplatin then 3 or 4 rounds of EC, Bisphosphonates and Radiotherapy. She said that I probably don’t need any of it, it’s just belt and braces but gave me the option of having no treatment through to the whole 9 yards so I opted for that before she’d even finished speaking!
I was given an appointment yesterday to start on 6th January with a PICC line insertion on 5th January.
I have had a wig appointment and have chosen one. I’m not cold capping as I have really fine short hair so I don’t mind if it goes temporarily. A nurse commented yesterday that I have ideal hair for cold capping,
I am really grateful to the NHS for the care they have taken this far and for the money that is being thrown at me for a belt and braces treatment. Happy New Year to me and to any other January starters.