Hi
At my follow up appointment after my second surgery at the end of July, I was informed I would be seen by the consultant every 4-6 weeks,with a scan every 3 months for the first 2 years.
I have just received my appointment…February 10th, no scan appointment included
I am concerned as I was hoping the regular check ups would give me peace of mind and if the cancer decided to rear its ugly head again, it would be caught early.
Have I misunderstood the timescales of follow ups? Is this normal
I’d be grateful for any feedback
I was seen every six weeks for the first year, three months for the second and third then every six months
No scans after the PET at 16 weeks.
I think that sort of interval is fairly standard with the odd departure. You didn’t have RT did you? Maybe that’s why frequent post treatment scanning was mentioned. Ask at your next review.
Almost all recurrence is spotted by the patient outside routine appointments anyway so there are trials in going to PIFU after a year.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Suzie. If you feel that something is wrong please phone your CNS to get seen. They won’t mind. I have been seen once out of sequence and once since discharge.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I think Ray is right. Reads like an admin error.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
