[Becky]

My family doctor was always pressing me to get that CT coronary artery test because heart disease strikes early in my family. I did not want to get it not because I feared the results but I was about 2 1/2 years out from breast cancer treatment and at that point I had had alot of scans, mammograms and breast radiation. I really wanted a radiation break. But, after 3 1/2 years, he convinced me as I hadn't had a scan in quite some time (had scans when first diagnosed prior to treatment and scans again right after chemo but prior to radiation). So..... I had the CT scan. Good news, I scored a 0 for coronary artery calcification. Bad news, there was a hazy area in my right lung (cancer side). So, I got my medical onc and radiation onc involved asap. After a pet and a few other things - it was undetermined that it was a chronic infection or radiation scarring so I was put on hefty antibiotics. 3 months later - scanned again and its still there and is there to this day as it is radiation scarring from the breast cancer radiation treatment.

So, in this "long, strange trip" lots of weird things do happen that may be "just you" or caused by treatment but are not cancer.