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Tomorrow - I find out

 Well tomorrow - actually, it's today, Tuesday, I have an appointment with my surgeon, commonlay called A.J. A very dapper and kindly man. He will tell me what's next - all clear? chemotherapy? radiation? I thought I was dealing with the waiting quite well, but today was very much on edge, and very teary too.

In the beginning there was Breast Screen

 After reading someone else's cancer blog, I thought it might be interesting to start my own. Mind you, I've never been much good at sticking to anything, but I thought this might be a first time that I do, and surprise myself. Around five weeks ago I went for my usual breast x-ray with BreastScreen. I didn't expect anything out of the ordinary, and I have been having these scans for as long as I was eligible for them. However, I got a call back. Asking me to go to Queanbeyan Breast Screen for a further mammogram, this time a 3D one. Assured that it was probably nothing, but to make sure, they were doing a more detailed one. In Bega, they only have the 2D screen, which is adequate for most purposes. Well, off I went. Why Queanbeyan? Because they don't have the machine in Bega, which is near my home town. As an aside, Bega has a beautiful new hospital - which is very underequipped in staff, facilities and machinery, so people often have to travel to Canberra or Sydney fo