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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 22, 2022 | Replies (7)

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@katrina123

Chris,
My oncologist has never seen my breast when it was swollen so she has never given me an opinion about it. Your suggestion about taking a picture is a good idea. Because of past experiences I tend to question many things that doctors tell me. I had a 3D mammogram and I was told everything looked fine but 2 months later I felt a 2 cm malignant tumor. I had to argue to get an ultrasound and it turned out that I had a rare malignancy. We can respect our doctors and listen to what they say but question anything that seems unusual. I have had 13 surgeries and many instances where my instinct helped me get lifesaving help.
Thank you for your suggestion. I have taken a couple of pictures and I will show them to my oncologist during my next appointment. Katrina123

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I totally agree! Doctors, like their patients, are just regular human beings too and can make mistakes. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the height of the covid pandemic. I was one of the lucky ppl who got in just under the wire for surgery. I had my lumpectomy in the morning and that evening, it was announced that ALL surgical procedures were being canceled due to the pandemic. I live in Canada. Anyways, I had my surgery and following radiation, but ANYTHING that wasn't deemed absolutely necessary for my treatment was canceled. There were several times that I had to correct the doctors and some things just never did get dealt with. Due to the pandemic and the and cancelation of so many services, I am now left feeling very uneasy and anxious. The support and thoroughness that normally would have been the standard just wasn't there. It wasn't that it was incomplete, it just wasn't there. I was pushed through at rapid speed, which don't get me wrong, I'm extremely grateful for, but I can't help wondering now what got missed in the frantic rush to get as many ppl as humanly possible thru the doors before everything shut down. As far as any kind of support or councelling, there was nothing available. EVERYTHING was shut down. After my treatment ended, I of course had time to actually read about and learn about what had happened to me and how my cancer would normally have been dealt with from start to finish and so much of what I think is important was totally forgone with. Note to self, try not getting cancer during a world wide pandemic. Not the best time to be sick.