Just wanted to share my experience. I was 70 in July. Went for my routine Mammogram on 20 May and said to the radiographer that’s my last one ! Famous last words.
Booked into the Breast Clinic on the 10th June. Mammogram and biopsy done.
Operation booked for 14 July guide wire inserted on 13 July . Right breast wide local excision and removal of sentinel lymph gland.
Diagnosis : screen detected right breast invasive ductal adenocarcinoma (5mm) grade 2. Er and Pr receptor positive.
Plan adjuvant radiotherapy to right breast 5 days 27 September to 1st October. Then 5 years on 2.5mg Letrazole.
The whole team have been absolutely wonderful .
They arranged the treatment around a special family holiday mid August 5 weeks post op, and radiotherapy after a holiday with old friends in Cornwall early September.
Radiotherapy done and I’ve been on Letrazole for 4 days now. No side effects at all I’m delighted to say .
Annual mammograms now and my friends now know they can request mammograms after the age of 70. Do it! My cancer was so small I would not have found it by palpitation, and I’m so pleased it was detected early.
I cannot express fully my gratitude to the wonderful team that cared for me and the NHS.
Good luck to everyone undergoing this journey
