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My onc. says the same thing about scanning not prolonging survival. I don't mean to sound like I know more, but I will say this- I worked as an assistant to a neurologist for several years and we saw many different types of cancer "show up" in many patients, breast cancer included. For the most part (there were always exceptions), by the time the patient was symptomatic, they were full of it and there were some situations where there were not alot of options. This, I must say was 11 years ago, so alot has changed, I'm sure. It is for this reason that I am so PARANOID about not checking regularly. With much pressing, my oncologist is going to do markers, and had said he would consider doing chest/abdominal CTs occasionally. Of course, I just proved his point with my recent "scare" on my bone scan, and do have to admit that I was totally tramatized by the time it was all over. Such complicated, difficult decisions now. Looking back on it now, wasn't life so easy before cancer?
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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