Scan post treatment - YES OR NO???
My mum had stage three triple negative breast cancer. She had a mastectomy in December last year, 6 months of aggressive chemotherapy followed by a course of radiotherapy. Besides having a bone scan w...
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Hello concerned daughter yes it feels like a really big let down at end of treatment. I remember when my onc said to me you are cancer free at the end of chemo/ radio I thought "how do you know?? Were is the test results". But as said it is the norm. It is just the blood test, monitoring your general health and annual mammo / ultrasound. But rest assured that if your Mum does mention anything they will get tests done - I mentioned a headache and had a brain scan next day, and mentioned leg pain and had another bone scan done!! They walk a fine line these docs - as all these scans etc cause cancer .... just makes you feel so warm and cuddly when those first lot of tests were all done. Pretty much every one had a leaflet warning me it could cause cancer. Fantastic that you are there for your Mum. One thing that one of the chemo nurses said to me in the beginning "the majority of you ladies will never be back in here again". I held onto that thought and still do now.