Follow Up with MO

meschellejensen
meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
in Breast Cancer #1

Hello!  I was wondering for those of you that have finished with treatment, how often do you follow up with MO, BS, RO?  Being naive, I thought that after I finished up with treatment, I would follow up every six months.  I am being asked to follow up with all of my doctors after three months.  Is this typical?

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  • booksandnumbers
    booksandnumbers Member Posts: 30
    #2
    Followup

    Hi! I finished all treatment in October 2016 and so far I've seen my MO every 3 months. The RO released me in January 2017, and the BS after she removed my port in March 2017. According to my MO I will be seeing her every 3 months for the first 2 years. Not sure if this is typical either.

  • meschellejensen
    meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
    #3
    Booksandnumbers

    Thank you for your response!  I live in a different state from my treatment facility so I guess that I didn't realize that I would need to plan for follow up visits out of state every three months, but I will try to look at this as an opportunity for a mini get away every three months...

  • Apaugh
    Apaugh Member Posts: 850 Member
    edited June 2017 #4
    Yep

    I only have two treatments left and my onocologist has already told me I would be seeing him every 3 mo. for the min. of 2 yrs.   When my son was done with his cancer treatments (testecular), he saw his every 3 mo. for 4 yrs. and then it went to every 6 months for a couple of yrs and then one time a year for another 4 yrs. 

    It is very important to go. 

    Hugs,

    Annie

  • meschellejensen
    meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
    edited June 2017 #5
    Naive

    Hi Annie-As I said above, I think that I was a little naive. I thought that after my treatment I would just return to my life as though BC never happened, and just have a mamogram every six months.  Is it crazy to want to distance myself as far as possible from all things relating BC treatment??

     

  • Teach76
    Teach76 Member Posts: 354 Member
    #6
    3 months

    I have been out of treatment now for 11 months.  My follow-up appointments followed a 3 month schedule.  Over the next 2 weeks I am going "on tour!" as I call it - tests and multiple dr visits.  I am expecting that my next set of appointments will go to 6 months if everything checks out ok.

    I felt the closeness of the appointments allowed me to bring up SE questions and regulate medication.  I had an unusual reaction to AI that surfaced 2 months after I began . . . I was glad for the 3 month appointment so I could get started on sorting out options.

     

    Kathy

  • meschellejensen
    meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
    #7
    Teach76

    Thank you for your response!  Again it is probably naive to think that there won't be SE!  Everything happened really fast for me, so I think that I am still coming to grips with the fact that my life has been permanently altered.

  • Apaugh
    Apaugh Member Posts: 850 Member
    edited June 2017 #8
    meschellejensen said:

    Naive

    Hi Annie-As I said above, I think that I was a little naive. I thought that after my treatment I would just return to my life as though BC never happened, and just have a mamogram every six months.  Is it crazy to want to distance myself as far as possible from all things relating BC treatment??

     

    oh no it is not

    It is absolutly normal to feel like do.  I am not even done yet and I am so over it! 

    Hugs,

    Annie

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #9
    meschellejensen said:

    Teach76

    Thank you for your response!  Again it is probably naive to think that there won't be SE!  Everything happened really fast for me, so I think that I am still coming to grips with the fact that my life has been permanently altered.

    Mesch

    I had another cancer 6 yrs ago, which was treated with chemomand radiation. It is the effects of radiation that are long lasting and the follow ups are important. I always felt relieved to see the doctors every 3 months And when I went to a year apart, I felt a little more uncertain. It took 5 years for me to start feeling back to normal. Now I have breast cancer just when I was getting my life back.  I wonder if you could get a local oncologist to do the follow ups?  Otherwise, your trips to Phoenix could be viewed as weekend jaunts with your husband and you could have some fun.

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