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Mammogram after lumpectomy
Hi fellow bc friends, I had a lumpectomy & sentinel node biopsy in Jan 2020 followed by 4 weeks radiation. Currently taking Tamoxifen & generally coping pretty well considering the weird year we’ve ha...
I can't help you specifically @Jo_H as I ended up with a mastectomy but I do understand both the scanxiety and the physical pain that a mammogram can cause. When I went for the one that started all this, I was a mess as mammograms were always been excruciatingly painful. My first one after the mastectomy, I was really scared. The best thing you can do is to let the radiographer know what's going on - both that you're scared of the pain and of the result. In my experience, they take this on board and are as gentle as possible.