Length of time till start of treatment

Hi, I had to have an mri to check on sizing, my surgery slot was already booked while I had this test.  I was either looking at masectomy or theraputic mammoplasty with reduction on other side. After the mri I could have the less invasive surgery, so although the extra wait did test my mental health it was a positive outcome for me. Have you been given any information if it is hormone positive, mine is er 8/8 pr 7/8 or any sizes.  The waiting for results is awful. Best wishes xx

Hi no not had much info yet going to phone and ask as feel very in the dark. Thank you for letting me know about yours. I hope you are on a good road to recovery. Xx

Thankyou, give your bcn a call and request some more information. Best wishes xx

No this hasn’t been my experience at Wycombe, I was seen within 2 weeks of lump, biopsied day of mammograms and ultrasound, results two weeks later, treatment started a month later, lump found May, now just had cycle 4 of chemo, it’s incredibly shocking the differences in treatment nationwide and I really feel for you, it must make you so stressed and angry, big hugs and hope it starts to come together soon x

That does seem a long wait. I found my lump on the 8th June and by the 2nd August I'd had my lumpectomy. I had an MRI in between. I'm seeing my oncologist 22/9 with chemo to start afterwards.

I would chase this up with your BCN and maybe speak to PALS who can negotiate and find out why it's taking so long. 

Hi Fimac

Sorry to hear about your delays which must be making a stressful situation for you feel even worse.

I was very lucky after finding my lump on a Wednesday, I got a face-to-face appt with GP next day. He did a referral and on the following Monday I got a phonecall from the breast clinic to ask if I could attend the clinic the next day. There I got the full one-stop shop assessment of mamograms, ultrasounds, biopsies of lump and a node and saw the surgeon before and after. They could tell me at that point that it was BC. Then had MRI & CT scans quite quickly and within 4 weeks of first attendance I had also met my oncologist, had a treatment plan and got started on chemo about two weeks later to downstage the disease before surgery. This was at the end of 2020 in darkest Covid days. I was amazed at how quickly I progressed down the diagnosis to treatment path. 

I am so sorry to hear of your delays.

I hope you get some progress soon.

All the best

Wallydug