I don’t want to scare women but this is a warning what could happen. Was diagnosed in September last year with grade 3 breast cancer and had surgery at the end of October. The breast clinic and surgeon in Basingstoke hospital was brilliant. The oncologist consultant was to busy to speak to me face to face and I had a telephone consultation. Had to decide in seconds either chemo or radiotherapy. Choose radiotherapy which was the lesser of two evils. Waited 3 months for radiotherapy and the department in Basingstoke was amazing and it was a pleasure to go there. Before I had radiotherapy I had a C.T Scan which showed suspicious lymph nodes in my chest wall. Had another C.T scan 3 months after last one. Still had problem lymph node which is 5mm in size my G.P tells me. Asked the oncologist doctor what was going to happen, told nothing, no more treatment or follow up. Told him I was have problems getting cancer medication because of shortage’s and was told in my case it didn’t matter, Basically I have been sent home to die, my G.P is fuming and is trying to get an appointment at another hospital. I was told last October the tumour had been removed successfully and lymph nodes O.K but of course there was problems in my chest wall which was not sorted. Wednesday evening drank a bottle of liquid morphine which should have been lethal but was not and I was found. To be told on Monday by the doctor when your chest feels tender or you find a lump go to G.P. was not what I expected. In 6 months going from you will survive to no you won’t is a terrible shock.
