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Maybe you choose to go private for mammogram every year?

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GrannieWalker Sat 23-Aug-25 00:15:09

I asked to stay on NHS breast cancer screening 18 months ago after being called in for extra check after regular screening. I’m 70, no longer entitled to screening automatically. All was ok, just a cyst Hurrah! BUT 8 weeks ago I noticed a strange shape to my right breast in the mirror when my arm was raised above my head. My lumpectomy surgery (hopefully first and last) is on Thursday. I haven’t had genetic screening but I have a strong family history. I wish I had thought to pay for an annual screening. NHS is every three years. My breast cancer is at least Stage 1, already not confined to ducts, already in breast tissue. I’ll find out after lumpectomy and simultaneous lymph node biopsy if it’s stage 2. It’s classified as slow growing. I say it again … I wish I had thought to pay for annual screening… maybe you should consider that?

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RedRidingHood Sun 24-Aug-25 13:47:28

@escaped thank you. Do they have access to your old mammograms? Comparison is really important.

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escaped Sun 24-Aug-25 14:42:13

Not on the spot, unless they were done at their clinic, or within the group's clinics, RedRidingHood. They can, of course, easily request images to be sent over from the NHS to compare, if you tell them where and when.
I went armed with some mammogram films I was given in France, (we carry our results round over there), but the UK Clinic didn't deem them clear enough to extract any details!

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bikergran Wed 27-Aug-25 07:46:17

My Consultant told me I would not have found my lump via self examination. It was too deep into the breast.

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