So following on from my last blog which was quite a while ago I havent had any treatment at all. So to say I am worried about my scan results is a bit of an understatement to say the least. I had an appointment with a locum oncologist a while back about the pain and lump in my breast and also the heart symptoms I had been experiencing. He basically said what I was feeling in my breast was my ribs and that cancer doesnt grow in 2 months, which is how long it had been since my previous CT. Ok I thought so why do I have scans every 3 months then? Then he asked me if I drink and smoke...I said no because I dont and he said well at your age your heart will be fine!! Ok so it doesnt matter that I have had chemo and 2 years of Herceptin which can cause congestive heart failure in whoever has it?? I came away feeling less than reassured and a bit stupid. He had requested I have an ECG and gave me a slip of paper to take away with me and also said he wanted me to have an echo and that I must cancel my treatment for the following day but rebook it for a weeks time. I had the ECG the following day and then telephoned my nurse to see if they had the results so I could book my treatment back in. She told me I had to wait for the echo which would be done before my next clinic appointment on the 8th November and that I would get an appointment in the post. I asked her whether the delay in treatment would be a problem and she said no as it was only 4 weeks?? In the meantime I had an appointment at the breast clinic where they scanned my breast and told me it was fine but that I did have a lot of glandular tissue where I was feeling the lump and pain, so it wasnt my ribs then!! I then received a letter for my Echo appointment for the 16th November!! Luckily my mum managed to get this brought forward for me as she works at the hospital and I went and had that done on Tuesday...the guy who did it said it all seemed fine but he was surprised when I told him I have a heart abnormality as he hadnt been given any of my history, just a referral letter!! So as I said this has all been going on and I have now missed 2 cycles of Herceptin and I had my CT wednesday...get the results tomorrow. I am just really worried that this is a long time to go without treatment and I have been really tired and getting some aches and pains in my neck and back. I dont understand why they messed me about so much and made me wait so long for these appointments when it could have all been done in one day and I need not have missed any at all...especially as my heart is apparently fine. I feel that oncologist just didnt have a clue as he doesnt know me and my situation...when I first discovered a lump in my breast back in 2007 it grew from nothing to almost 3cm in the space of 2 months and apparently spread to my chest in that time too. I dread to think whats been going on inside me the last 7 weeks!
