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Believe51 · 04-28-2009, 06:37 PM

Like Brenda, Ed is very tumor marker sensitive and those markers have never steered us wrong either. He does the CEA and CA27/29. Markers done in the morning and the same sample of blood in the evening could give two different answers. He is doing his markers monthly also and scans to confirm this activity. A good doctor treats the patient not a number and some doctors do not pay too much mind to numbers at all. They are used as an indicator to procede and get a confirmation of activity before treatment.

There are some whose numbers are in normal range and they have a full blown stage IV situation and others that will never be in normal range even without activity. Some things we consume can play with these numbers, as well as an infection. These numbers can get way into the thousands or stay out of normal range but be their normal. Numbers will always fluctuate and bounce around a little bit.

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04-28-2009, 06:37 PM	#7
Believe51 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: RHODE ISLAND (Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008) 'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume ALWAYS BELIEVE Posts: 2,999	Like Brenda, Ed is very tumor marker sensitive and those markers have never steered us wrong either. He does the CEA and CA27/29. Markers done in the morning and the same sample of blood in the evening could give two different answers. He is doing his markers monthly also and scans to confirm this activity. A good doctor treats the patient not a number and some doctors do not pay too much mind to numbers at all. They are used as an indicator to procede and get a confirmation of activity before treatment. There are some whose numbers are in normal range and they have a full blown stage IV situation and others that will never be in normal range even without activity. Some things we consume can play with these numbers, as well as an infection. These numbers can get way into the thousands or stay out of normal range but be their normal. Numbers will always fluctuate and bounce around a little bit. Harrie, I say, "Loooooking Good!">>Believe51 __________________ 9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI 6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression 10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement, NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5 12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!