Mammogram call back

Reminds me of the story of Green Shield stamps found in an intimate area after a woman had used toilet tissues from her handbag!

Deeda

Stuck not stuff !!!

Not as bad as the physiotherapist who told me about a rather large lady she was treating who turned out to have a toffee stuff under one of the folds of her stomach

Shysal the staff in such places always seem to assume the patients know what to do and where every door leads to, don't they!

I went for my breast screening this morning, hope I shan't be called back this time. I had a rather embarrassing senior moment. As I removed my bra I discovered the 2 pipettes of Frontline flea drops which I had put there to warm up so that the cats didn't feel them being applied. I hastily put them in my bag, but there was an imprint on each boob! I did explain and we laughed about it. Then when I went to get dressed I opened the door onto the corridor instead of the cubicle! Nobody about thank goodness.

It's going to be a "natural experiment" jen with 3 parallel NHS models all doing health (and social care) differently.

The NHS actually became NHSEngland on 1st April. Anything referring to the NHS from then on really does just mean England. Scotland and Wales are not being privatised by the government, luckily for people living there.

Welcome to the cysterhood susie!! I know just what you went through and a friend I saw at the call back said it had happened more than once to her too. Doesn't make it any easier at the time!

We are in an interesting situation re England and the rest of the UK. Scotland and Wales make their own decisions these days about how their money is spent. No NHS reforms in Wales!

Yes, my letter tells me that over 70s screening will gradually be introduced to the whole of England, don't know about rest of UK.

It's an interesting area anno. I had a letter that said something like "as a trial we are only going to call in half the women in your age group (early 60s) and you are in the group that is going to be called in" But it was less clear than that... a fine example of un-plain english. Flux I think, sums it up.
The thing is that there is a peak in BC, as you can see on the graph, in the 60s age group. But there are still around 15,000 cases a year in the over 70s. And the incidence, as in number of cases per 100,000 women in that age group, is as high in the very elderly as it is in the early 60s.
These days there is no reason why most women over 70 cannot be treated successfully for early breast cancer. Interesting that, according to cancerresearchuk
"Women aged over 71 are not currently eligible for screening, and some studies have shown that women over 70 are less likely than younger women to receive surgery or radiotherapy for their breast cancer, which may explain the relatively slower change in mortality rates over time for this group."
Of course some of the non-treatment maybe because of frailty, and there may be some late diagonsis due to patient behaviour but it maybe also that women over 70 are not being diagnosed as early, or looked after as well as younger women.
www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/types/breast/incidence/uk-breast-cancer-incidence-statistics#age

Last time I had a mammogram I was told that as I'd be over 70 within three years, I would have to take the initiative to make an appointment but now I have had a letter giving me an appointment, so has the rule changed? Or just in this area?

Lovely..I'm sure you're on a huge high now susieb have a great weekend

Good news! Time to relax.

So pleased for you Susie

It must be such a relief Susie. Yes - I'm fully recovered thank you and grateful for the reassurance of the yearly check ups.

So pleased for you susie

Thank you all for the messages - it was a cyst, so panic over - they say they are quite common on HRT, and dissolve away once you stop.

Its good to know that they have you in so quickly ( less than a week ) if they spot something.

Hope you are fully recovered Janthea - we are very lucky to have routine screening in this country , I have three friends diagnosed that way

... that should be but the side effects ...

susie probably just double checking something, good luck! . I've had a call back and there was nothing wrong. (It took a consultant and a specialist breast practitioner to tell me that, which until they said all was fine, was a bit anxiety producing in itself!). I know the tests are necessary by the side effects like being scared, are often a curse!

I have been recalled twice and on both occasions a more detailed scan came to the conclusion that these were calcification and nothing to worry about. I also had a huge lump once that appeared very rapidly and they aspirated loads of fluid from it - it was just a cyst.

I do send every good wish to you for tomorrow - I know you will have a sleepless night (been there, done that!), but the chances are that all is well, and if there is any need for treatment at least they will be catching things early.

Good luck, and do let us all know how it goes. xx

Elegran. It was the same with me. Op and then radiotherapy, Tamoxifan for five years and then Arimidex. I also have yearly 'grams. No biggy!

As Gracesmum says, the reason you had the mammogram was to show up any problems, and 9 out of 10 of recalls are for technical things - blurry image probably.

Like Janthea I was the other 1 in 10. I had a small tumour removed 8 years ago after being recalled when a mammogram showed it up. It was so small, no-one could find it by touch, it took an ultrasound scan to confirm it. It has caused absolutely no trouble since. I still get a yearly mammogram, I had five years on Tamoxifen and now am on five years of Letrozole, just in case it left behind any little reminders. No side effects at all.

I hope all is well but if not, like janethea it will probably be caught early and I believe breast cancer is one of the ones which can be very successfully treated these days. I know several people who tell me they used to have breast cancer. Please let us know how it goes.