Hi all.
My story is as follows, found a lump Easter weekend 2024. Diagnosis 19 April 24. Surgery late June 24. Chemo October 24 - January 25 (delayed because of issues with the oncotyping results). Radiotherapy March - April 25.
I saw my surgeon again in January just before my radiotherapy and he seemed to suggest my mammograms would be around the year after my radiotherapy ended. Is that everyone else's experience too? I don't have a huge amount of trust in his judgement to be honest as he couldn't give me correct answers about the oncotyping which delayed things by months. Many thanks all.
Hi RedRuth84
Mine have been annually a year after my lumpectomy.
I had a routine mammogram in March, recalled and had surgery in April, finished chemo in December and finished radiotherapy in January. My first annual mammogram was then April, so 3 months after all treatment had finished.
Thank you. This is in line with what he told me last August. This is the problem, he just seems to say what he fancies at the time. I can't rely on anything he says.
Speak to your BCNS as they are more likely than the surgeon to know when you're due to have your mammogram.
Hi, I have had 2 mammograms, now since diagnosed. I had surgery in April and my mammograms are April. A word of warning, if you are in the age range for the 3 yearly ones too, so over 50, then you will also get requests for them, but just phone them up to cancel it, you don't need to have them as well. It's just they don't work with the breast cancer unit, so don't know who has had cancer or not.
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