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Time span from diagnosis to treatment
Hi- need advice or reassurance please -Overdue BreastScreen Dec 22. -Received call from BreastScreen Jan to come in for further tests/ lump found. went to hospital and had two scans, 3D mammogram,...
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my cancer was also lobular was not picked up on mammogram , I discovered a lump , turned out to be 5.5 cm and in the end I had a double mastectomy , radiotherapy and reconstruction.
I found the lump end of August (2020) saw my GP next morning (on a Monday) and had mammogram and ultrasound that afternoon , and biopsy 2 days later.
My GP booked me in the see a breast cancer surgeon she recommended ( I took her recommendation and was very happy) a week after she got the biopsy results and he confirmed it was cancer.
I then had MRI of both breasts and a number of staging scans to see if it had spread ( it hadn’t).
I actually lost a week as I got a cold and with Covid everyone was very nervous.
I had my surgery 7 weeks after I received my diagnosis.
It felt like I had a radioactive ticking time bomb in my breast and even though my surgeon assured me my cancer was low grade and extremely slow growing I was freaking out , so I can understand your anxiety.
I couldn’t relax until I had a surgery date .
I had all my treatment as a private patient but I understand there are protocols for time to treatment from diagnosis no matter whether you are public or private.
Maybe see if you can do a Telehealth with your GP tomorrow ( Monday) to discuss?
my cancer was also lobular was not picked up on mammogram , I discovered a lump , turned out to be 5.5 cm and in the end I had a double mastectomy , radiotherapy and reconstruction.
I found the lump end of August (2020) saw my GP next morning (on a Monday) and had mammogram and ultrasound that afternoon , and biopsy 2 days later.
My GP booked me in the see a breast cancer surgeon she recommended ( I took her recommendation and was very happy) a week after she got the biopsy results and he confirmed it was cancer.
I then had MRI of both breasts and a number of staging scans to see if it had spread ( it hadn’t).
I actually lost a week as I got a cold and with Covid everyone was very nervous.
I had my surgery 7 weeks after I received my diagnosis.
It felt like I had a radioactive ticking time bomb in my breast and even though my surgeon assured me my cancer was low grade and extremely slow growing I was freaking out , so I can understand your anxiety.
I couldn’t relax until I had a surgery date .
I had all my treatment as a private patient but I understand there are protocols for time to treatment from diagnosis no matter whether you are public or private.
Maybe see if you can do a Telehealth with your GP tomorrow ( Monday) to discuss?