How soon after a lumpectomy/radiation did you have a mammogram?

Alexis F
Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
My oncologist and my rads onco didn't seem to want to push me, which is good. I am still sore, and, do NOT want to even think about a mammogram yet. How soon did everyone get one done? Thanks!


Hugs Lex♥
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  • KAF
    KAF Member Posts: 16
    #2
    Mamo
    I had surgery in Feb. 08' came down with MRSA after the surgery, had that for 3 months with tubes hanging out of my breast, then in Dec. 08 had my mamo. I was scared, I thought it was really going to hurt, but it didn't. I was suprised. So my next ones coming up this Dec.
  • Piggies
    Piggies Member Posts: 26
    #3
    Mammo after radiation
    Last July I had a lumpectomy for early stage 1 breast cancer. Did not need chemo, only six weeks radiation which I finished the end of last October. I then had my first mammo after all that in January 2009. Had another one in April, then July and scheduled again for this October. I wasn't that sore and I really didn't find it that much more uncomfortable then having a mammo before breast cancer. All the best to you!
  • aurora2009
    aurora2009 Member Posts: 544 Member
    #4
    Sorry I can't help you with this one
    But I wanted you to know I'm so green with envy over you avitar!!!!!!!!

    :(

    It really is cute though!

    Aurora
  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #5
    KAF said:

    Mamo
    I had surgery in Feb. 08' came down with MRSA after the surgery, had that for 3 months with tubes hanging out of my breast, then in Dec. 08 had my mamo. I was scared, I thought it was really going to hurt, but it didn't. I was suprised. So my next ones coming up this Dec.

    I haven't had my first one
    I haven't had my first one yet. Like you, I am still too sore and am scared of getting that first one. Good luck to you!

    Hugs, Diane ♥
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #6
    aurora2009 said:

    Sorry I can't help you with this one
    But I wanted you to know I'm so green with envy over you avitar!!!!!!!!

    :(

    It really is cute though!

    Aurora

    Thanks
    Thanks Aurora! And, thanks to everyone for their comments. I wish I never had to have one, but, I know I have to. I am just still soooooooooo sore.

    Lex♥
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #7
    KAF said:

    Mamo
    I had surgery in Feb. 08' came down with MRSA after the surgery, had that for 3 months with tubes hanging out of my breast, then in Dec. 08 had my mamo. I was scared, I thought it was really going to hurt, but it didn't. I was suprised. So my next ones coming up this Dec.

    Hi Kaf. I am glad that it
    Hi Kaf. I am glad that it didn't hurt you. Good luck with your upcoming one.
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #8
    Alexis F said:

    Thanks
    Thanks Aurora! And, thanks to everyone for their comments. I wish I never had to have one, but, I know I have to. I am just still soooooooooo sore.

    Lex♥

    Not sure
    They want me to have one at the 6 month mark, but, I don't know if I will be ready or not either. They won't force me, so, I might just wait longer on mine.
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #9
    Hey Lex
    I have been cordinating my trips out of town with all my Docs, so I will have my Mammo in November. This will be 5 months after surgery. I didn't have it done this month as I am still going through rads. They will see me every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months for 2 years, then once a year there after. I am excited wanting it done (I know, your asking am I crazy to WANT it done?) but I feel it will give me comfort knowing either everything is OK or if something else is found, it was caught early. ♥ Pammy
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #10
    Akiss4me said:

    Hey Lex
    I have been cordinating my trips out of town with all my Docs, so I will have my Mammo in November. This will be 5 months after surgery. I didn't have it done this month as I am still going through rads. They will see me every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months for 2 years, then once a year there after. I am excited wanting it done (I know, your asking am I crazy to WANT it done?) but I feel it will give me comfort knowing either everything is OK or if something else is found, it was caught early. ♥ Pammy

    I see my rads oncologist and
    I see my rads oncologist and my oncologist every month still. They are keeping a good eye on me, but, they know I am still sore and not wanting a mammo very soon. I thought some on here had waited a year or so before they had one. I wish I could remember who they were. I just wondered if everyone was more or less 6 months or not. My 6 months isn't here yet, thank goodness!

    Tinker Lex♥
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #11
    Alexis F said:

    I see my rads oncologist and
    I see my rads oncologist and my oncologist every month still. They are keeping a good eye on me, but, they know I am still sore and not wanting a mammo very soon. I thought some on here had waited a year or so before they had one. I wish I could remember who they were. I just wondered if everyone was more or less 6 months or not. My 6 months isn't here yet, thank goodness!

    Tinker Lex♥

    Not time yet
    It isn't time for my mammo yet, but, they said I would get one at the 6 month marker. :(

    And, maybe a MRI too, which I hated the first time. :(
  • Tux
    Tux Member Posts: 544
    #12
    susie09 said:

    Not time yet
    It isn't time for my mammo yet, but, they said I would get one at the 6 month marker. :(

    And, maybe a MRI too, which I hated the first time. :(

    I had a mammo 2 weeks after
    I had a mammo 2 weeks after a lumpectomy. It was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
    I am a teacher so the doctors were trying to get as much as possible done before school started. The technician was really nervous about doing it, and so was I. I thought it might hurt so bad that I would cry, but it was not nearly so painful. Not sore afterward, either.

    The purpose of the mammo was to get me ready for radiation treatments, which started the next day. Also, since it was only on one side, the time spent undergoing the procedure was brief.
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #13
    Tux said:

    I had a mammo 2 weeks after
    I had a mammo 2 weeks after a lumpectomy. It was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
    I am a teacher so the doctors were trying to get as much as possible done before school started. The technician was really nervous about doing it, and so was I. I thought it might hurt so bad that I would cry, but it was not nearly so painful. Not sore afterward, either.

    The purpose of the mammo was to get me ready for radiation treatments, which started the next day. Also, since it was only on one side, the time spent undergoing the procedure was brief.

    Wow
    Tux......well done you. I am a total coward, my onco had given me loads of requisitions to have a mammo... I am just scared witless!. Anyway, my next appointment is december..I will get it done before then, even if I only get the 'good one' done.

    Tux I can't believe your bravery, You have given me hope, thanks

    Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • KAF
    KAF Member Posts: 16
    #14
    tasha_111 said:

    Wow
    Tux......well done you. I am a total coward, my onco had given me loads of requisitions to have a mammo... I am just scared witless!. Anyway, my next appointment is december..I will get it done before then, even if I only get the 'good one' done.

    Tux I can't believe your bravery, You have given me hope, thanks

    Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    still cringing
    from reading your post Tux. I think we all go through, thinking of that first mamo we have to get. But like everybody said, it's not as bad as it sounds.
  • rainbow4
    rainbow4 Member Posts: 137
    #15
    Mammo after rads
    It sounds again like everyone has a different follow-up. I'm scheduled for January, my first mammo following a lumpectomy and 7 weeks of rads. My docs said to wait 6 months after radiation ends. I've got very mixed feelings about it - want to see what's what, but scared at the same time. Oh, well...
    -Barb
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #16
    rainbow4 said:

    Mammo after rads
    It sounds again like everyone has a different follow-up. I'm scheduled for January, my first mammo following a lumpectomy and 7 weeks of rads. My docs said to wait 6 months after radiation ends. I've got very mixed feelings about it - want to see what's what, but scared at the same time. Oh, well...
    -Barb

    Usually, it is 6 months
    Usually, it is 6 months after radiation treatments. Not so sure I will be ready then. Good luck to you!
  • EveningStar2
    EveningStar2 Member Posts: 491 Member
    #17
    first mammo

    I had a lumpectomy in Jan 09 with 33 rads and had my first post treatment mammo last month--it was OK. I was apprehensive (duh!) but the tech was gentle the results were good and life goes on.

    Maureen
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #18
    EveningStar2 said:

    first mammo

    I had a lumpectomy in Jan 09 with 33 rads and had my first post treatment mammo last month--it was OK. I was apprehensive (duh!) but the tech was gentle the results were good and life goes on.

    Maureen

    Great news Maureen!
    Congrats Maureen on a clean mammo! That is great!

    Lex♥
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #19
    Mammo
    I have my first one scheduled for one month from today, Sept 24. I am petrified something will show up on it, even though my oncologist/pcp/radiologist tell me different. They are not in my head, only I'm in there and I'm scared. I still have the xrays from the last one, with the tumor clearly showing. I am completely healed from the surgery which was Oct 13 last year, so I'm not worried about the mammo itself, just the results. I know when the results show nothing I'll be much better, but "till then".............
    Pat
  • tgf
    tgf Member Posts: 950 Member
    #20
    padee6339 said:

    Mammo
    I have my first one scheduled for one month from today, Sept 24. I am petrified something will show up on it, even though my oncologist/pcp/radiologist tell me different. They are not in my head, only I'm in there and I'm scared. I still have the xrays from the last one, with the tumor clearly showing. I am completely healed from the surgery which was Oct 13 last year, so I'm not worried about the mammo itself, just the results. I know when the results show nothing I'll be much better, but "till then".............
    Pat

    not yet
    I had my lumpectomy 1/21/09 ... started chemo 3/13 ... finished chemo end of May ... 3 weeks later started radiation and finished that 7/7 ... and I'm scheduled for my first mammogram and a bone density the first week in October. The oncologist wanted to give me time to heal from the radiation. Then I see my surgeon a week after the mammogram. I think I've also got an echocardiagram in there somewhere (since I'm on herceptin every 3 weeks) ... but I'm not sure.

    hugs.
    teena
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #21
    tgf said:

    not yet
    I had my lumpectomy 1/21/09 ... started chemo 3/13 ... finished chemo end of May ... 3 weeks later started radiation and finished that 7/7 ... and I'm scheduled for my first mammogram and a bone density the first week in October. The oncologist wanted to give me time to heal from the radiation. Then I see my surgeon a week after the mammogram. I think I've also got an echocardiagram in there somewhere (since I'm on herceptin every 3 weeks) ... but I'm not sure.

    hugs.
    teena

    That is what I am waiting on
    That is what I am waiting on mainly. I haven't been done with rads that long. But, I still might push my mammo way back. I know they will be gentle, or, they had better be! Kind of helpless when you are scrunched into that machine. Can't really get out of it, now can we?

    Lex♥

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