Long story short...I passed m
y five year check up. Only had it confirmed 10 minutes ago when I checked my online health records.
I have had delay after delay so it has been a long drawn out process this year. Bloody COVID caused delays with me getting back to NZ when I wanted to in January so that meant instead of getting clearance in February, my specialist follow up appointment was rescheduled to March, then rescheduled again as the specialist was away. I finally got to see her and then she signed off on me getting my mammogram. (It still annoys me that my DHB have decided that to get people to stick with their specialist appointment they make you have the mammogram after you’ve seen them.)
I got a call last week to arrange my mammogram appointment and was able to get that on Monday 19th April. I was told afterwards that I didn’t need to wait around, everything looked ok, they’d be in touch if they needed to after it was double-read.
I have to say my heart sank at this point because that’s exactly how it played out 5 years ago. “The radiologist isn’t here right now, we’ll be in touch once it’s been checked” and we all know how that turned out.
So I have been on edge the whole week, not sleeping, trying not to panic, checking my on-line health records twice a day wondering what the hell is going on and why does this always happen just before a public holiday weekend, anxiety complicated by my GP being away sick AND the GP practice changing their online computer system. So tonight when I checked the lab results and there’s still no mention of my mammogram I thought I’d look under patient notes and WHOOP WHOOP there it is 19/04/2021 Mammogram NAD those glorious 3 letters means No Abnormality Detected and I can finally say I’m a freaking bloody 5 year survivor of Breast Cancer
Over joyed that I don’t have to do the specialist visits anymore and that I still get free yearly mammograms. I am thinking of those who haven’t been as lucky as me, so some annoying delays and a little bit of panic is nothing compared to that eh!
I am celebrating with a nice cup of sleep tea
Here’s an update on my hair 
https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/annes-hair-is-going
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