Post treatment checks

Hello all,

Just had my check up.

Lovely Advanced Nurse Practitioner gave me a thorough exam - all ok.

See Onco in 6 months, then should just be annual breast clinic check and mammogram on spare side.

Thanks for your support 

Hello all,

Just had my check up.

Lovely Advanced Nurse Practitioner gave me a thorough exam - all ok.

See Onco in 6 months, then should just be annual breast clinic check and mammogram on spare side.

Thanks for your support  Xx

• I had a double mastectomy no reconstruction and so have not had any check ups for cancer return or even advice of what to look for. I am on exmestane and do have a biannual dexa bone scan if I request one! After chemo I only ever had phone conversations with my oncologist. I had to fight for my pre COVID arranged mastectomy to go ahead following chemo. I never had radiotherapy and at the time didn't query it but some times I wonder if it just got missed because of the pandemic. I was her+ and hormone positive. 3 years post mastectomy but it is always at the back of my mind. Worse osteoarthritis, painful joints, sore eyes. Bladder problems don't help. Soy just a moan. Xx

Have you a breast care nurse - sounds a bit odd, but what do I know?

might be worth a quick call. Maybe you didn’t need radiotherapy- not everyone does.

x

Thank you for your reply. I don't have a breast care nurse anymore. I did try to ask my GP but he had nothing to suggest. I could possibly write to my consultant but not sure what I would do if he didn't respond. At a time when waiting lists are so long it seems like self indulgent neurosis. Prior to cancer I pretty much thought I was invincible. I put my initial biopsy off to go to Scotland, I was so certain I had nothing. And wasn't bothered about the 2 month wait for chemo to start. A different person now! 

Lots of love and luck to you.

Hi Rozalia

Hiw long ago did you finish treatment?

Daisy53 I had my last phone consultation in spring 2021 and my final Herceptin injection in I think Feb 2021. I started with chemo in Sept 2019, had a double mastectomy in July 2020 (delayed from March), began letrozole in August 2020. I was both her2+ and hormone +. To be fair the covid pandemic disrupted the continuity of my treatment and face-to-face consultations. I also think at the end you feel so relieved to be through it all you don't ask questions, just thank your lucky stars.  Thank you for your concern. I am lucky. I have not reacted that well to the aromatase inhibitor drugs and that gets me down. I also have had 4 people all close to me die of cancer during this time, 2 from breast cancer. I will snap out of it soon. 

I am glad that your scare got positively resolved xxx