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Faith in Him · 11-15-2009, 04:02 PM

Chelee,

I don't know if bone scans are standard at the time of dx. I do have a friend who presented as stage 3. She went through treatment and was later having knee pain. When her onc asked to see her bone scan he was astonished to find she never had one. The surgeon was supposed to order it. My surgeon ordered all my up front scans, including a bone scan since I was stage 3 after surgery.

11-15-2009, 04:02 PM	#16
Faith in Him Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 764	Re: How many of you have had a bone scan? Chelee, I don't know if bone scans are standard at the time of dx. I do have a friend who presented as stage 3. She went through treatment and was later having knee pain. When her onc asked to see her bone scan he was astonished to find she never had one. The surgeon was supposed to order it. My surgeon ordered all my up front scans, including a bone scan since I was stage 3 after surgery. __________________ DX 02/01/07 2.5 cm, Er/Pr-, Her2+++ 18/20 Nodes 03/07 CT & Bone scan - Clear AC x 4, Taxol x 4, Added Herceptin Radiation until 09/07 Herceptin every 3 weeks until 06/08 01/10/08 local recurrence -IBC 01/28/08 CT & Brain MRI - clear 02/08 - Navelbine & Herceptin 05/08 -MRM 05/08 - Gemzar & Herceptin - didn't work 09/08 - Hyperthermia rads 03/09 - Tykerb/Xeloda 05/10 - Tram flap to fix wound