Breast screening (how the years fly!)

[Kate!]

So I'm due for breast screening next Wednesday, it's flown by since my last check up. Extremely important. I would say to anyone, if you're invited for any cancer screening whatsoever, don't hesitate. Could be a lifesaver.

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[Redway]

Best of luck, Kate. :love:

[Cherie]

I have mine on Monday, it doesn't seem like 3 years but I guess it is

[Jessica.]

It's so important to go to all your screenings, I completely agree.

[UserSince2005]

my titties are pure muscle

[Benjamin]

I have mine on Monday, it doesn't seem like 3 years but I guess it is

I always assumed they were yearly. Learn something new everyday.

[rusticgal]

Had mine a week ago...got results yesterday and all good.

[Kate!]

Had mine a week ago...got results yesterday and all good.

Great news Rusti!

[Redway]

Had mine a week ago...got results yesterday and all good.

Good for you.

[Cherie]

Had mine a week ago...got results yesterday and all good.

Brill, interesting we are all on the same year :laugh:

[Cherie]

I always assumed they were yearly. Learn something new everyday.

If there has been a history in the family or if you have previously had breast cancer it is yearly

[Beso]

Had mine a week ago...got results yesterday and all good.

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[AnnieK]

I still have another year or so till I get invited - wish they did it earlier though. I have just lost one of my best friends to breast cancer, my Nan had it and my mum died of cancer (not breast) and so I would prefer to be able to be tested for everything to put my mind at rest.

[Kate!]

I still have another year or so till I get invited - wish they did it earlier though. I have just lost one of my best friends to breast cancer, my Nan had it and my mum died of cancer (not breast) and so I would prefer to be able to be tested for everything to put my mind at rest.

I'm not sure on this Annie but I think you can request it? I'll research it.

[Kate!]

AnnieK

Google says......

Yes, you can request a breast screening if you believe you should have one, even if you are not automatically invited; you can contact your GP or your local breast screening service to ask for an appointment.

[AnnieK]

You can only request it if you have a close family link with breast cancer (has to be mum or sibling - nan is too distant). You can request one if you haven't been invited by the time you are 53 (which is years away for me).

[Kate!]

You can only request it if you have a close family link with breast cancer (has to be mum or sibling - nan is too distant). You can request one if you haven't been invited by the time you are 53 (which is years away for me).

Ah, I see. OK then. They should perhaps rethink it and lower the age range?

[Vanessa]

Never had one. I'm going to be 52 this year.

[Kate!]

Never had one. I'm going to be 52 this year.

If you haven't been invited by your 53rd birthday you can request it

[Vanessa]

If you haven't been invited by your 53rd birthday you can request it

Ah ok.

[Cherie]

If you haven't been invited by your 53rd birthday you can request it

Isn't it 50? I was called the year I turned 50...

[Kate!]

Isn't it 50? I was called the year I turned 50...

Just going off what Annie said above. X

[AnnieK]

The NHS website says.....
When you'll be invited
You'll automatically get your first invite for breast screening between the ages of 50 and 53. Then you'll be invited every 3 years until you turn 71.

If you have not been sent a letter
If you have not been invited for breast screening by the time you are 53 and think you should have been, contact your local breast screening service.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-screening-mammogram/when-youll-be-invited-and-who-should-go/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-screening-mammogram/when-youll-be-invited-and-who-should-go/

[Cherie]

The NHS website says.....
When you'll be invited
You'll automatically get your first invite for breast screening between the ages of 50 and 53. Then you'll be invited every 3 years until you turn 71.

If you have not been sent a letter
If you have not been invited for breast screening by the time you are 53 and think you should have been, contact your local breast screening service.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-screening-mammogram/when-youll-be-invited-and-who-should-go/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-screening-mammogram/when-youll-be-invited-and-who-should-go/

That must have changed, I was called not long after I turned 49 so I suppose in my 50th year and my friend was the same she had her first mammogram done at 49, think covid has moved the goalposts here, pretty sure it was always 50 :think:

[AnnieK]

That must have changed, I was called not long after I turned 49 so I suppose in my 50th year and my friend was the same she had her first mammogram done at 49, think covid has moved the goalposts here, pretty sure it was always 50 :think:

Yeah probably covid backlog.

I am sure most of my older friends were called at 50 too.

[Ammi]

…it is still stated that screening starts at 50yrs, that is correct…but a three year time period is also given for that screening to take place…as in…(…if you haven’t heard from us before you’re 53rd birthday, then let us know because rather than being in the pending file, you might have slipped into the overlooked pile…)…that’s how it seem to be anyway, but it still begins from 50yrs and some will get screened in their 50th year…

…anyway, I’ve had annual screening for a few years but am back to three years now…the next one is next year, I think…

[Ammi]

That must have changed, I was called not long after I turned 49 so I suppose in my 50th year and my friend was the same she had her first mammogram done at 49, think covid has moved the goalposts here, pretty sure it was always 50 :think:

…that’s exactly the reason being stated…not so much that the goalposts have been moved but that some health authorities can be experiencing up to a three year delay with first screening…but others might not have that delay…/depending on the area/backlog…