After breast cancer operation if the patient doesn't do periodical medical check up, is

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Samaresh

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she in danger? My mother had breast cancer operated about 13 years ago. She also had a complete radioactive treatment. But after that she hesitated to go for a periodical check up as she was irritated that the doctor only examined breasts and gave only medicine. I have requested her many times to do the periodical checkup, but she never went for check up. Now she sometimes she feels pain in the operated area. Is she in danger?
 
If she has already had breast cancer, she does have a higher risk of it coming back.
As far as the pain in the surgery area, that is not uncommon. I have had surgery to remove a lump from my breast as well (not cancerous), and when it gets cold out or is going to rain I get pretty bad pains in the scar area. I would still recommend she get it checked out just to be safe. She has already been through surgery and the rough part, why not just continue to be safe about it. Good Luck!
 
Cal gave excellent advice about changing doctors if you do not like it. They say, "What you don't know can't kill you" but in this case it can. Check-ups are VITAL part of survival. Have her do it, if you can in any way influence her decision.
 
Not going for follow up care after being treated for cancer is just plain stupid. She was upset because the doctor only examined her breasts and gave her medicine? What did she want him to do? If she needed something else, she should have told her doctor; they aren't mind readers.
She needs to see a doctor as soon as possible. You never know what is going on inside the area where she is having that pain.
 
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