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What type of yearly checkup do you have?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 18, 2025 | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
@brooklyn22
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, my surgeon retired and had his own business. I called the office of my radiation oncologist and was told she only has annual checkups with her patients. My pcp is impossible to get an appointment with. I won’t see her till June. There is a dearth of doctors in our area. But being part of Mayo Connect has made me feel better and more informed.
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@tanzdame :
I am so sorry that your surgeon and radiologist could/would no longer provide any professional service to you:( I feel your frustration, my friend...
Could you reach out to your PCP explaining your difficulties of finding adequate post cancer-treatment follow-up care via the patient's portal by any chance? For next June is quite a long time to wait in my view. PCPs can order imaging scans and blood works to be done for their patients, and refer them to respected surgeons, radiological oncologists, and any specialists as well. In my personal case, my PCP found that mass of BC during my annual physical exam right at her office and referred me to diagnostic Mammogram and Ultrasound. Due to the fact that I have category D of dense breast, my annual Mammogram that was done 9 months prior didn't show anything abnormal. So my PCP drew a picture that clearly identified where that mass was located in her referring document. I am very grateful to my caring PCP for her walking extra miles with me. In fact, the diagnostic Mammogram still showed nothing abnormal at that time, and the technician that performed the ultrasound told me that she couldn't see anything abnormal until she specifically focused on that exact spot that my PCP identified! The rest is history, as they say, and my PCP still does a manual check on me at my annual physical exam since...
My thoughts and prayers are with you, my friend; pray that you find professional physicians to take good care of you with wisdom, compassion and medical expertise.
Wishing you all better journey ahead with hope, peace of mind and love!