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Medicine is one place where you don't necessarily get what you pay for (and we pay quite a lot), and to get what you need it takes being educated and assertive. I am stage 1, HER2+++, 3 years out from chemo, and NED, and still marker and other blood tests are standard at every visit for me and will be until I am 5 years out. I'm many miles from my oncologist and see a local PCP most of the time.
I have not yet visited with my onc or my PCP about Herceptin, but my every-6-month checkup is coming up and I wanted to allow some time for professional discussion and interaction about the Herceptin results before I check in with my onc. I personally don't find it very reassuring to be out 3 years, and I think the data they have on HER2's and recurrence is questionable, and that basically "time will tell" -- at OUR expense.
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