Annual mammogram

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ive had my first annual mammogram today, nearly a year after diagnosis of grade 1 hormone positive BC.
was removed with clear margins, in December last year, did have LVI and 1 node involved but had radio and tamoxifen daily for 10 years.
I am absolutely bricking it that it’s back and I’m gonna have to wait 2/3 weeks for them to tell me the bad news 😵‍💫😭

has anyone had their 1st mammogram after diagnosis and all been well?

10 years down the line here. Every mammogram has been clear, I’m not entitled to yearly ones on the NHS anymore so I pay for them myself.

@MyBestThing that’s a shame. who do you use to get the mammograms? Do you have any idea how much both boobs would cost?

At my hospital, they charge £120 per boob, but you also have to see a consultant breast surgeon fkr a physical examination and to be given the results. I see the clinical lead of the large London teaching hospital where I had most of my cancer treatment, at his private practice; he knows Im self finding and charges me £200 for my appointments. I think the amounts Im charged are fairly standard for London.

Sending sympathy! I have to wait til February for my first mammogram after treatment and am just on my anniversary of diagnosis now. It’s these things that people don’t talk about that can be really stressful. I should be so grateful for quick treatment (and I am!!) but it doesn’t end with being given the all clear.

I don't live in London and one thing that's cheaper in London than most other areas is private healthcare.
There's nowhere near me, nearest is York I think the Nuffield. I priced it up at around £200 but I assumed that was for both breasts. I haven't paid for one yet, it will be 2027.
I have to say that my cancer appeared a year after a clear routine mammogram. They went back and checked the mammogram after my diagnosis and confirmed it was clear and hadn't been missed. So really I wouldn't want to go more than a year.

I felt my lump in mid-August following a routine mammogram at the end of January.
I'm probably being overzealous in checking now, but I'm not leaving it to the annual mammograms.

I’m fourteen years past breast cancer, and I always get nervous after a mammogram. I think having the scan can resurrect all the feelings and worries of the cancer treatment.

Hoping you’ll be fine.