My first post and so confused...
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@annie79 The use of MRIs is very varied. Despite the fact that my mother had breast cancer and my sister died from it, I did not qualifiy for a subsidised one when I was diagnosed. At 51 I was considered too old! My breast surgeon isn't keen on them anyway. In retrospect I wish I'd had one at the start as the mammograms I had failed to detect two areas of DCIS, and I had to have a re-excision for margins. That discovered one of them. If I'd known about the other I'd have bern spared a great deal of agonising about whether or not to have the double mastectomy.
Thereis a great deal of variety across breast cancer treatment. All the docs have their preferences. Of course you can insist on a variety of tests and scans, but it can get expensive, quickly.
It's important to feel comfortable with and trust your breast surgeon and oncologist. They're going to be in your life a long time. K xox
Thereis a great deal of variety across breast cancer treatment. All the docs have their preferences. Of course you can insist on a variety of tests and scans, but it can get expensive, quickly.
It's important to feel comfortable with and trust your breast surgeon and oncologist. They're going to be in your life a long time. K xox