I had surgery at the end of February to remove a 1.9cm tumour from my right breast and had lymph nodes removed three of which contained cancerous cells. I then had a CT scan. I was told that I would not need chemo but a course of radiotherapy which is starting at the end of May and I have started taking a letrozole. The surgeon seemed very pleased and almost as an afterthought said there was a nodule on my lung but she wasn’t at all worried about it and it was common for people to have these. They would do another scan in three months. I had a meeting with the oncologist who didn’t mention it at all. I then got a letter to come for a PET scan which I had on Thursday. This was never mentioned by anyone. I have now had a letter to come for a bone density scan next week. Nobody mentioned this either. I am getting worried that I’m not being told something. Is this normal practice.
Hi there - re bone density scan. I was also referred for one of these, following surgery and radiotherapy and propspect of 5 years of anastrazole. Believe the scan was all part of the monitoring process as homone depressants can affect our bone density. I had one initially - I guess to set my baseline, and have since been scanned every 2 years. I was found to have some osteopenia (early degeneration of bone) and prescribed a daily calcium supplement.