I shouldn't be dismissed.
Spoke to my gp on the phone with a concern about an itching inside the breast I’ve already had cancer in, and asked for a mammogram. She went through a tick list of accepted symptoms and mine wasn’t on that list. She said if I didn’t have what was on that list my request for a mammogram would be thrown out. Now when I was signed off from the hospital after my treatment was finished I was told that absolutely anything, any changes, any concerns I was to get booked in for a mammogram. So what’s going on? My concern is genuine. When I previously had breast cancer it was found during a normal mammogram, I had no noticeable symptoms. In fairness to my gp she’s examining me this week, but if she finds nothing?? What is the point of your tv adverts “if something doesn’t feel right” if we’re to be dismissed when something doesn’t feel right??