Thanks @kmakm. Yeah I was pretty upset. That's the first time the waterworks came on for a long while. Didn't think I had any more tears left for BC.
I really don't get the "you're not high risk" for the follow up scans it just doesn't make sense. Who on earth is more high risk than someone who has already had BC.
@smokie08 I am through the public system. The initial MRI (when we were looking for the bugger) was paid for by the hospital. However, they don't do any of the breast scanning there, it's all done by private companies. On a good note, funding has just been granted to get and MRI machine. I doubt though it will be used for follow up scans, only inpatients I would imagine as they are spending a fortune outsourcing this. Plus there is only one company in my area that will actually do the breast MRI. So no competition I guess. Glad to hear you got yours done for free though.
It makes me wonder what happens if you cant possibly scrape together the $900 odd dollars to get these scans done. Do you just have to wait around until its too late or spend your life wondering and worrying. I could ditch the MRI as that is at my request. But I had so much hassle finding the breast tumour that I just don't trust the mammogram alone. It missed it several times as did the ultra sound. It was only with the exact location provided by the MRI that they could locate it properly.
