[chrisy]

Sherry, your MUGA score (or ECHO if you have that) should be on the report. Ask your doctor what the number is. You are looking for the LVEF, or left ventricle ejection fraction. If your doctor said it is normal, that is good -go with that for now! But ask your doctor what the range is, and what the number is! Just be aware, the report may not show the number. If not, you should raise heck about it before next time.

My first 2 or 3 come back with no number on it, the report actually said "left ventricle ejection fraction is normal" or nothing at all related to it! This drove me nuts - maybe it's the accountant in me, or needing to feel that I had SOMETHING I could track!
The next time I went in (by now I know the tech) I asked him why the number wasn't on there, and he told me that the cardiologist who read it either didn't put it on the report, or that he (the tech) didn't get it. He said it is technically difficult to get on me because I have a left implant. So I told him well, the only reason I'm here is for the LVEF, so we're going to get it and its going to be easy! Boy was he sweating! Then he wrote all over the notes that he needed that to be on the report and lo and behold its there ever since.
My oncologist also called the hospital where I have it done and read them the riot act - he's sending all these Herceptin women over there for this test, he needs that to be reported out. No more problems with the reports!
As I said, normal is good - but you really can't track "normal"!
Take care
Chris