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hopeinfitcher
hopeinfitcher Member Posts: 92
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer
 Hello,ladies!want to ask,who finished treatment.If I finished chemo,radiation,now take Arimidex.Finished rad3,November.How long wait for mammogram?Thank you .Best wishes all and God bless you!
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  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 2,645
    edited February 2010

    I was diagnosed in Sep 2007 by mammogram. Had treatment.....but had a mastectomy. I had a mammogram on my "healthy" breast in Oct 2008. So 1 year later.

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  • MEG54
    MEG54 Member Posts: 13
    edited February 2010

    Hi, hopeinfitcher:

     I was also diagnosed in 2007: had a lumpectomy, chemo, radiation. Have been on Arimidex since April, 2008...

    First mammo on affected breast was six months after we finished radiation..

    We do the affected breast every six months now, and the healthy breast annually..

    hope this helps!

    meg

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  • kim40
    kim40 Member Posts: 904
    edited February 2010

    Hi hopinfitcher

    I was d/x January 2009, mastecomy, chemo, rads, Zoladex, and Femara for the past 6 months.

    I had  my first mammo since d/x a year later.  I was scared!  But it all was ok!

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  • hopeinfitcher
    hopeinfitcher Member Posts: 92
    edited February 2010
    Thank you,girls for reply.I worry,because my breast now sick and make mammogram scare me(it,s painful,maybe...).If I have scan week ago,I need mammogram., too? I did,n have mammogram little more one year
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  • MEG54
    MEG54 Member Posts: 13
    edited February 2010

    Hi again, Hopeinfitcher:

    (I love your screen name!)

    don't know if the scan means you don't need the mammo...I suspect they are not connected.

    My rads oncologist told me that the standard is NOT to mammo a radiated breast until six months after its last treatment.  On April 1 I will be two years out from my last rad, having my fourth mammo on the operating/radiated breast this February 22.  It was a little tender at first (scar tissue, not radiation burns by then), but gets progressively easier.  Your technician will be aware and I am sure will take extra pains with the test...mine does.

    good luck

    meg

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2010

    Hope ~ I am going for my anual mam next week.  I'm one year out from diagnosis and treatment.

    I'm also on Arimidex.

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    Barb

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