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Has to wait for a month to get an MRI
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 24, 2023 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
So true! A month isn’t a very long wait! After my screening Mammo I had a 2 week wait for diagnostic mammo and US, then another 2 week wait for biopsy. Then 2 week wIt to see surgeon who ordered MRI with 2 week wait for that. MRI picked another problem in 2nd breast! You guessed it…another 2 wk wait for diagnostic mammo and US in second breast and additional 2 wk wait after that for biopsy of 2nd breast! It was frustrating indeed but we tend to get through these things, we really do! It’s hard but best to relax, trust your docs and take one step forward at a time and be so happy that we have such great diagnostic and treatment tools now. Think of what women went through 50, 60, 70 years ago before mammo and US were even available.
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I’m glad you mentioned all of the WAIT TIME! I feel like my life is on hold while waiting for tests that now will determine whether I need chemotherapy. We just keep our calendar wide open and assume we cannot schedule anything “normal”, since treatment and healing are the main focus. Our job is to take it as it comes and be thankful there is treatment.
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Yes! I could not do the drugs... side effects, and I had them ALL. I was in bed for months, finally stopped the drugs altogether, and went on a whole food plant based diet with no oils. Only eat what grows. It has been a godsend to me, I now walk 2 miles a day with my big dog, every day, and I have never felt better. 3 years clear so far, with 2 lumpectomies and radiation, nothing else.