Follow up guidelines...
I was dx 2/1/05 and will be 5 years at 2/1/10, I still see my surgeon every year (last saw him 6/09 and have an appointment 6/10), my rad onc every year (see him tomorrow 11/09) and my onc w/ bloodwork every year (see him 12/09). While I LOVE all the attention, the cost is getting to be a bit much. When do the appointments start to taper off? Thank you.
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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