For any of us that are in the follow-up treatment phase - how often do you have CTs or MRIs and for those with bilateral mastectomies - we don't have mammograms, so how does your doctor follow-up on local recurrence?
I'm barely a year out but my onc is ordering a full body PET scan once a year and breast/chest MRI every six months. I did have a bilateral mastectomy and it spread to my lymph nodes so she likes the PET scans - and I do too!! I'm told at the three year mark it's scans once a year, unless of course something suspicious comes up.
I find it so interesting that we each have different follow-up when it seems like treatments are very generic.
Had a Chest Abdomen and pelvic first year...
I was told I needed to have yearly MRI's because I have silicone implants.
For me, scans only if symptoms and blood tests every 3 months. The blood tests are regular oncpanels not tumor markers. I had node involvement.