1st Hospital Clinic Visit & Planning
Hi lovely ladies Short story so far. Found a lump, got it checked & biopsied. Positive. My hospital referral has gone through & 1st clinic appointment next Tuesday. I'm a "planner" in all things, ...
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Hi @Gears0715,
Welcome to the forum lovely. @Arpie pretty much has it covered. You could ask your GP to refer for the CT and MRI that way they might have the results for your first appointment. My GP did the CT and bone scan because it was in the nodes already. Because I wanted a lumpectomy if possible and no body could find the breast tumour the surgeon got the MRI done to search for the sneakly litle bugger.
The end up was lumpectomy, axillary dissection, chemo, rads, hormone therapy.
The surgeon may have an idea of treatment (this is not really their specialty though) sometimes they are right and sometimes not. But as Arpie said your case will probably go to the MDT meeting to get opinions for all sides.
You seem very on top of it all, so kudos for that. Well done.
Absolutely get copies of everything and a zillion questions. If you don't understand something (there is a whole new language to learn) just keep asking until you do. You are you're own best advocate along the way so don't be afraid to speak up.
All the best sweet.
xoxoxoxo
Welcome to the forum lovely. @Arpie pretty much has it covered. You could ask your GP to refer for the CT and MRI that way they might have the results for your first appointment. My GP did the CT and bone scan because it was in the nodes already. Because I wanted a lumpectomy if possible and no body could find the breast tumour the surgeon got the MRI done to search for the sneakly litle bugger.
The end up was lumpectomy, axillary dissection, chemo, rads, hormone therapy.
The surgeon may have an idea of treatment (this is not really their specialty though) sometimes they are right and sometimes not. But as Arpie said your case will probably go to the MDT meeting to get opinions for all sides.
You seem very on top of it all, so kudos for that. Well done.
Absolutely get copies of everything and a zillion questions. If you don't understand something (there is a whole new language to learn) just keep asking until you do. You are you're own best advocate along the way so don't be afraid to speak up.
All the best sweet.
xoxoxoxo