|
Re: Pet Scan for Stage 1?
SunDiego, Your wife's dx sounds so similar to mine. I have asked these questions to my onc over and over again about why they don't give me some kind of scans? It just makes me crazy and it is not helping me with getting over this whole thing. In July, my onc's NP says it is a very low percentage of people that go from Stage 1 to Stage IV in a matter of a year or less. Really?? Cause it doesn't seem that way to me! Also who really knows especially if you are a "statistic" and scans aren't really happening at Stage 1a, 1b, 1c whatever it is! Sorry, just really frustrated right now about this!
__________________
-Sarah-
Jan '07 felt lump (PCP "thought" it was a cyst)
Nov '07 "bloody nipple discharge" (OB-GYN "thought" I had fibrocystic breasts and told me to take 400 IU's of Vitamin E)
Note: Mother was dx w/BC in 2004 (ER/PR+ & HER2+) & mets to brain April 2007 (she passed away June 17, 2008)
2/1/08: Biopsy Dx: DCIS (age 34)
2/22/08: Surgery R-side Mast
2/28/08: 1st Path Rpt Dx: IDC 1.8cm tumor & DCIS 2.1cm
2nd Path Rep DFCI - IDC (0.9cm) & DCIS (2.1cm)
Stage 1b/Gr 3; ER+(5%), PR+(2%), HER-2+++
5/5 nodes NEG; Clear Margins
Chemo: AC 4 rnds (1st one 3/31/08) finished 6/2/08
TH (Taxol/Hercepin) 12 weeks (1st one 6/25/08) finished 9/8/08
Herceptin 9 mos (every 3 weeks) finished 6/8/09
BRCA 1/2 NEG
Bio: Age 39, married to James 1999, 2 boys 12 & 10 yo
|