[DeeUK]

Thanks so much for your replies

Well, I had quite a surprising meeting with my onc.

I was called in for my appointment early, which is unheard of, at my hospital.
I sat down, and he was very pleasant, as usual.
I was all prepared and hyped up for a proper table-thumping session, when he asked if I'd heard about the letter from the Primary Care Trust. "No", I said.
He said they haven't actually said they'll fund Herceptin yet, but he also said he didn't think they'd have written to him, asking his opinion, if they intended to refuse funding. So it looks like I MAY get funding for it.

Then, without me even asking, he told me that my last chemo should be on 21st December (which I knew). Radiotherapy should start 4 to 5 weeks after that, for 6 weeks. And Herceptin should start 6 to 7 weeks after radiotherapy.
He said the info on the timing of Herceptin treatment has come from London (which is where I'd be going for a second opinion.. it's a specialist cancer centre. Said to be just about the best in the country, and the onc I saw there, was one of the people who ran the Herceptin trials in this country. My onc trained with him, and apparently still keeps in contact with him about new treatments), and they're finding out more about it, on a weekly basis.
He told me Herceptin treatment would be for either 1 year, or 2 years. They don't know which works best yet, but by the end of the first year of treatment, they should know more about the benefit of 2 years treatment.

He then went into quite alot of detail about radiotherapy. Telling me how much RT I'd have in total (which will be slightly more than the 'standard'), and the reasons for it.

So yes, the meeting went better than I expected, and my mind's been put at rest a bit.

Love & hugs,
Dee