My onc has not ordered the markers on me, but the doctor I work for has. I see him for my blood pressure and various other things. We are using them as a baseline. He also has ordered follow-up MRI's on the pineal cyst which is in my brain and has ordered a PET scan due to a lump in my neck which has not shown up on CT scan. He feels it should be biopsied and my onc does not. Anyway I feel if one misses something the other will not.
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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