Health care after breast cancer

Hello Eline  

Your post resonates.  Plus it appears am close to you in age so a wee bit frustrating that while many cannot get a surgery appt. as quite rightly they are prioritising urgent cases,  as soon as things like flu and the other vaccinations you mentioned appear on the radar, they are suddenly all over us to come in and get them!    I read in the media reinforced by a recently retired GP surgery nurse that they get paid so much per patient to offer and then do the jabs which adds up to quite a lot of income for the practice as well as hitting targets.    It was good to read that your GP got you some meds and  BP is now lower.    So why not take a break as you mentioned (am already doing the same will skip my 'flu jab this year) and maybe step away for a little while as IMHO our bodies have had a lot pumped into them with the necessary BC surgery drugs + RT and ongoing meds it may be an idea to rest and stabilise before adding that which your surgery wishes you to take.   BCN may be able to offer you some guidance too.      Best wishes.   

Hi Smudgethecanary, thanks so much for your reply, it really helps. To add... I had a UTI after my surgery and still didn’t get to see a GP, had a phone consultation in which the GP told me I had eleven allergies (I have none!) When I later queried this with my named GP (another phone consultation) she told me that she was looking at three screens while speaking to me and that is probably why the other GP had confused me with another patient! Yes, a GP will see you face to face to give a flu vaccination at our surgery but won’t see you before/during cancer treatment? On the other hand, I can’t praise the staff at my local hospital enough, THEY were amazing.