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Old 05-23-2017, 12:19 PM   #3
tricia keegan
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Re: Panicking/Wimping out

Jessica some years ago I had myself in a similar panic, a hot spot showed on my bone scan so this was followed by an MRI. This was inconclusive so it was decided to biopsy the spot in question, turned out it was too small so this was followed by a PET/CT which finally showed no cancer phew..

I can well understand your panic and fears which are very real, however the sooner you get some scans done the sooner you'll have the answers you need. No matter how much you worry it won't change the outcome, could your Onc go straight to an MRI and skip the bone scan perhaps? it's bound to light up if those ribs are broken, they could be just bruised though. I know it's hard but try to breathe and stay calm and hassle the Onc to investigate more asap. Sending good wishes for clear results.
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Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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