Thanks Joyce good to hear
Patty we were talking about this very thing the other day. Insurance companies won't pay for imaging for anything but stage IV and maybe stage 3. I am not sure. When I was originally diagnosed in 2012 I didn't have imaging either. Now stage IV I can't get away from it. Not that I am complaining. We were saying how many women would be spared recurrence if they even did imaging annually in those early stages.
Funny, I had HER Positive with lumpectomy and radiation afterwards. Now on Anazatrole since 2018. I have never had MRI or CT scan ever. I feel lumps on arms, legs and they have grown. They are painful but dr. said subcutaneous fat??? Anyone experienced this?
I would say, it depends on your treatment plan. How it was explained to me before I started everything, MRI before and after Chemo.
I had a breast MRI after my last chemo, ordered by my oncologist. Where I now work, a breast MRI is ordered by the surgeon before the last chemo. So for you, between treatment 5 & 6. This is done for surgical planning.
Wishing you well!