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Old 08-07-2006, 08:17 PM   #1
LOPSIDED
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Mammogram / Mri Mammogram

SEPT. WILL BE ONE YEAR SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED AND STARTED TREATMENT. MY RADIOLOGIST WANTS TO SEND ME FOR AN MRI MAMMOGRAM. I HAD A CHECK-UP WITH MY SURGEON THE OTHER DAY AND HE RECOMMENDED GOING FOR THE REGULAR MAMMOGRAM. HE SAID MY INSURANCE MIGHT NOT PAY FOR THE MRI MAMMOGRAM IF I DIDN'T DO THE REGULAR MAMMOGRAM FIRST, I HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF AN MRI MAMMOGRAM. I WONDER IF EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT OKAY WITH THE REGULAR MAMMOGRAM SHOULD I EVEN DO THE MRI MAMMOGRAM. JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THE MRI MAMMOGRAM.
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SHEILA (45)
09/2005--BREAST CANCER/8 POS NODES --A/C, MASTECTOMY,TAXOTERE, RADS, TAMOXIFEN,HERCEPTIN
02/2007--B/C METS TO OVARIES--HYSTERECTOMY, FASLODEX
12/2007--ENLARGING LYMPH NODES IN ABDOMEN--IXEMPRA, THEN TYKERB
08/2008--COLON TUMOR--A/C AGAIN,
12/2008--ABDOMEN TUMOR--AVASTIN/NAVELBINE FEMARA
05/2009--MET TO SPINE (L2) RADS
CURRENT TREATMENT
07/2009- START ZOMETA MONTHLY, XELODA & ABRAXANE......SURVIVING THE BEST I CAN
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