HUMP TIME for Radiation = Cancer Survivor??
Today feels like a HUMP day - when Ive come to the top of the hill and my life is changing - cannot explain it all, but from today things will be different in. my life. Its 50 years today since my Mu...
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I think it's fantastic that you are thinking of yourself as a survivor. You are. The cancer was cut out. You are just putting down weed killer now. We don't have a crystal ball to know our future but to embrace survivorship helps us go about the business of living not the fear of dying. Standard treatment doesn't involve any pet scan after but it seems some private Drs continue to do it.
My sister for 5 years had whole body scans annually as was the old practise. She did this for 5 years and all clear. 3 months after this metastateses was found because of pain. The annual scans didn't help. I think the scanxiety and iver exposure to Xrays worse for health.
Recently it has been changed that best practise is not for those annual scans anymore except for mammography if you still have breasts.
Hope you find the link below helpful.
https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/cancer-types/breast-cancer/life-after-breast-cancer/follow-after-breast-cancer
Yeah...to half way.
Kath x
My sister for 5 years had whole body scans annually as was the old practise. She did this for 5 years and all clear. 3 months after this metastateses was found because of pain. The annual scans didn't help. I think the scanxiety and iver exposure to Xrays worse for health.
Recently it has been changed that best practise is not for those annual scans anymore except for mammography if you still have breasts.
Hope you find the link below helpful.
https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/cancer-types/breast-cancer/life-after-breast-cancer/follow-after-breast-cancer
Yeah...to half way.
Kath x