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Long lasting cold - should I be worried?
I've had a cold for 3 weeks now. It started
with a productive cough (green mucus) and it seemed
to get better but yesterday I felt worse
(with a sore throat). I've taking Sudafed for about a week now and the mucus and cough seem better at times and worse at others.
I drank some hot chocolate last night and my throat felt better but I still have a slight cough today.
Trying not to panic... I have a chest x-ray planned
for the 18th and I hope I'll get better by then. Should I request a CT scan as well? How do I know that this is indeed a coldand not lung mets???
Thanks!!!
Marcia
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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