Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hello,   I live in the United States. I have finnished radiation 35 treatments ,in last December. My radiation doctor tried to schedule me for a mammorgram in March! Thats only three months! I said NO! I will do it in October. The scheduler on the phone was shock. She said "but your doctor ordered this" . I said well " I am my best advocate. This is too much radiation. I was only stage one. Had lumpectomy ,radiation and taking Letrozole . No chemo as my onco scrore wqs only a 20. This too was my choice. I sometimes wish I lived in the UK ,seems more advanced medicne . GEEZ! ... View more

Hello,   I live in United States.   I am very angry at our treatment of breast cancer paitiants like myself here In USA. I recently under went a lumpectomy . I am stage one .   Upon my day of surgery, I am told I will be having needles inseted into my braest to inject  die for finding my lymp nodes. They will be numbing the area. Then a larger needle will be peirced in to the tumor for surgeon to easily find. I begged them to please put me to sleep for this. They said they cant ?? I found NO reason for this what so ever. I spoke with other cancer paitiants about this and they all concluded that they recieved the same treatment in the areas that they lived in. Im curios is this the norm all over the world? Can it not be changed? We are going through enough pain and emotional sufferring as it is. This was VERY painful to say the least!   I want to start a campaign to stop this. A petition or something. Im not good with wording things . But I want to do this. Please can you give me some aid or advise on this matter? How is lumpectomy done in other countrys? Please contact me. I can not attend this meeting. Will be in radiation at the time. But I am reaching out for assitance if you can please.   We CAN be put to sleep for this and I know it. Thank you, Carol13 ... View more