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Caroline:
I think this is a personal decision, depending on your personality (how comfortable you are with the unknown), luck of how things go, your doc's opinion and how much your insurance/health program will cover. Standard scans here would be pet/ct, or chest ct and bone scan, unless you are having more specific worries (headaches, etc.) I'm stage 3a and have posted a few times about having had 2 false positives on routine chest ct's, where I was told that I had lung mets, which then turned out to be radiation scarring. For me, I'd prefer no more scans (except mammos and breast MRI, since I had breast conservation) unless there are symptoms. The false scares for me were awful and a terrible interruption of the post treatment life I was re-entering.
On the other hand, many women will tell you of finding progression very early because of routine scans and better treatment success because of that.
I think this is a six of one, half dozen of the other decision -- try and figure out what's best for you. How's that for a non answer!
linda
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