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Early stage breast cancer #4 (recurrence #3)
Hi everyone,
reaching out to find anyone in a similar boat which I call
the SS "Lucky/Unlucky".
I have been dealing with early stage BC for 18 years now
since an initial DCIS dx in 2001 (1mm in ...
Hello @BlackWidow
I sometimes cannot help but think that because I am very remote I am very much an "out of sight, out of mind" case.
I read of others having appointments every 3 or 6 months, but all I get is a mammogram every 12 months.
I think it is due to the fact that the costs our health department incur to get me to Perth are very high.
When I mentioned the fact that my followup is only every 12 months the oncology clinic at a large city hospital merely replied that should a recurrence happen, they will find it!
A nurse at the same clinic stated that because I was so far away my care and treatment "is compromised".
Not much of a reassurance.
I sometimes cannot help but think that because I am very remote I am very much an "out of sight, out of mind" case.
I read of others having appointments every 3 or 6 months, but all I get is a mammogram every 12 months.
I think it is due to the fact that the costs our health department incur to get me to Perth are very high.
When I mentioned the fact that my followup is only every 12 months the oncology clinic at a large city hospital merely replied that should a recurrence happen, they will find it!
A nurse at the same clinic stated that because I was so far away my care and treatment "is compromised".
Not much of a reassurance.