Active treatment cancer timeline – it’s long….

30/06/18	Find the lump (it’s a Saturday morning – no Docs open until Monday to do anything with this information.
02/07/18	Make Doctors appointment (they don’t work that quickly!)
04/07/18	Doctors appoint confirm it’s a lump (no shit Sherlock!) and make hospital appointment online (again no speed!)
11/07/18	Hospital appointment, find three lumps, one is a cyst (drained – yay), second is scar tissue from previous surgery for PASH, third is a funny lump – but could well be PASH – no worries. Biopsy taken and need to come back for results.
18/07/18	You have Triple Negative Cancer!
	21/07/18 – Cubs Birthday Party 22/07/18 – Cubs 5th Birthday
25/07/18	Mammogram (didn’t get any vision)
01/08/18	MRI and Consultant appt
	05/08/18 – holiday for two weeks – we needed a break
22/08/19	Need a further ultrasound following MRI result
29/08/19	Back to consultant to get booked in for surgery
06/09/18	Pre op assessment (loaded with cold and Nurse tells me she is 11 years clear)
10/09/18	Sentinel node marker (medical physics)
11/09/18	First operation
14/09/18	Breast Care Nurse (BCN) – wound check – all ok
26/09/18	Consultant – not clear margins and 2/5 nodes cancerous (but only over 3 is a problem) – cancer is still there.
09/10/18	Second operation (and my mams Birthday)
24/10/18	Genetics Testing appointment – didn’t understand what was happening!
24/10/18	Consultant – cancer is GONE. All clear!!!!
13/11/18	First Oncologist appointment – terrifying
26/11/18	Pre chemo checks / assessment – you can’t work anymore?!?!
28/11/18	1st Chemo – FEC
	14/12/18 – Hair falling out in clumps 18/12/18 – Decide to shave all hair off
19/12/18	2nd Chemo – FEC (and shave head)
09/01/19	3rd Chemo – FEC
28/01/19	1st Clinical Psychologist appointment
30/01/19	4th Chemo – T (docetaxal)
30/01/19	Genetics results – all clear
11/02/19	2nd Clinical Psychologist appointment
20/02/19	Oncologist check in
20/02/19	5th Chemo – T
	22/02/19 – Find another lump
25/02/19	3rd Clinical Psychologist appointment
	26/02/19 – BCN feels lump – need to see consultant 27/02/19 – Consultant drains cyst
11/03/19	4th Clinical Psychologist appointment
13/03/19	6th (and FINAL) Chemo – T
	15/03/19 – My not 40th Birthday!
25/03/19	5th Clinical Psychologist appointment (Heart of Darkness)
28/03/19	Radiotherapy pre assessment and CT scan
03/04/19	Second CT scan
09/04/19	2nd Radiotherapy / Oncologist assessment and another CT scan
15/04/19	6th (and final) Clinical Psychologist appointment
23/04/19	First radiotherapy
24/04/19	Second radiotherapy
25/04/19	Third radiotherapy
	25/04/19 – Second lump found
26/04/19	Fourth radiotherapy
29/04/19	Fifth radiotherapy
30/04/19	Sixth radiotherapy
01/05/19	Seventh radiotherapy
	01/05/19 – BCN, Consultant & Trainee Consultant check lump (no confirmation)
02/05/19	Eight radiotherapy
03/05/19	Ninth radiotherapy
07 – 17/05/19	Tenth to eighteenth radiotherapy
	17/05/19 – Ultrasound and lump checked – confirmed as another cyst
20- 21/05/19	Nineteen – twentieth radiotherapy – final bell rang