Book those appointments early !
As I am on annual mammograms and ultrasounds I ensured I was well ahead with a request for the paperwork, to be told "it is not du yet". I was due in September but due to COVID that was later last ye...
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That's a bugger, @June1952 - mine usually won't let you book in til 2 weeks before the 'review date' - but having said that - I've had all mine 'on time' even thru covid (and am regional as well ....) so have to travel to get the 3D/Tomo
Are you able to ring another centre & try & get in earlier - even make a trip of it - stay over night, get it done ...
I would email them (including the manager of the place) with a breakdown of WHY it is so important for you to have it done now - then they have a written copy of it, not just a 'he says/she says' ...
I don't 'buy into' the 'it's xmas and it is difficult to get in' as NO-ONE is on holidays yet ..... are they trying to say that suddenly there is a massive RUSH on mammograms & US specifically at Xmas? That's basically what I'd been told every year since 2017 when mine was first discovered (my Biopsy was between Xmas & New Year ...) The following year, they found another funny bit & the biopsy was on Xmas Eve!! So then I moved my yearly exam forward to October (the Onc was happy to do the referral with that date) .... and it has been a bit smoother since ...
Good luck. xx
Are you able to ring another centre & try & get in earlier - even make a trip of it - stay over night, get it done ...
I would email them (including the manager of the place) with a breakdown of WHY it is so important for you to have it done now - then they have a written copy of it, not just a 'he says/she says' ...
I don't 'buy into' the 'it's xmas and it is difficult to get in' as NO-ONE is on holidays yet ..... are they trying to say that suddenly there is a massive RUSH on mammograms & US specifically at Xmas? That's basically what I'd been told every year since 2017 when mine was first discovered (my Biopsy was between Xmas & New Year ...) The following year, they found another funny bit & the biopsy was on Xmas Eve!! So then I moved my yearly exam forward to October (the Onc was happy to do the referral with that date) .... and it has been a bit smoother since ...
Good luck. xx