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Chelee · 08-04-2007, 06:38 PM

Brenda, I don't have a answer for you...but I can't help but wonder why they would send you home and tell you to come back for the doppler on Monday? Especially since they couldn't rule out a clot?

I went into the ER on the weekend due to a possible clot and they would NOT let me leave the hospital until they did the doppler. I wonder why they didn't just do the doppler right then? Thats awful that you have to wait and worry till Monday. Maybe the CT can't totally rule out a clot...but yet it showed enough that the probability is not very likely. But thats awful you have to wait till Monday.

As to *trying* to read your CT scan I can tell you I did that myself and all I did is get myself in a panic over nothing. I read all kinds of things into mine because I didn't have a clue what I was looking at. I had myself having all kinds of problems. So don't try to read your own scans...its only asking for trouble...ask me...I know. lol

Behave yourself...put that CT away until you can get a tech or someone trained to read it to you in person.

Chelee

08-04-2007, 06:38 PM	#2
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Brenda, I don't have a answer for you...but I can't help but wonder why they would send you home and tell you to come back for the doppler on Monday? Especially since they couldn't rule out a clot? I went into the ER on the weekend due to a possible clot and they would NOT let me leave the hospital until they did the doppler. I wonder why they didn't just do the doppler right then? Thats awful that you have to wait and worry till Monday. Maybe the CT can't totally rule out a clot...but yet it showed enough that the probability is not very likely. But thats awful you have to wait till Monday. As to trying to read your CT scan I can tell you I did that myself and all I did is get myself in a panic over nothing. I read all kinds of things into mine because I didn't have a clue what I was looking at. I had myself having all kinds of problems. So don't try to read your own scans...its only asking for trouble...ask me...I know. lol Behave yourself...put that CT away until you can get a tech or someone trained to read it to you in person. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.