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Hi

New to the group, thought I would say hello.

I was diagnosed with hormone positive, receptor negative breast cancer in early July, had my lumpectomy in August and 2 lymph nodes removed - thankfully the lump was small and the cancer hadn’t spread to the nodes.  Had 5 sessions of radiotherapy which I completed about 2 weeks ago.

I’m now waiting for a follow up phone appointment and then, well I don’t know - what happens next? Is that it until my yearly mammogram? 

  • Hi Retrorose; My diagnosis was very similar to yours. I had a follow-up phone call after RT, a bone scan and an appointment with the oncologist to check how I was coping with Anastrozole and to tell me the results of the bone scan.  She signed me off, so my next appointment is a mammogram - my first after surgery - in March.

    Best wishes.

  • Hi RetroRose, If you're in the UK, then communication from the NHS can be appalling. And the appointment letters don't always tell you the reason for the appointment. When I had a follow-up telephone call recently, she mentioned that my next face to face appt in a few months was in the reconstruction clinic, but the appt letter didn't say that so I wouldn't have known that otherwise. I have also been sent a letter for a yearly appt, 12 months after my last scan, but it doesn't say that this is a scan, just a follow-up. Suspect a scan letter will come later. Try to nail them down in your next telephone call, so you know what is coming!