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What's considered a big jump w/ markers?
Hi all,
I was just wondering what a "big" jump for markers is? I got my results today and they went up from 16.8 to 24.8- still in normal range, but seems like a big jump. I go for a repeat bone scan on Monday to check on my "rib spot" that has been there since last Jan. (doc thinks its nothing). Now I'm going to be a worried mess waiting. Xanax here I come.....
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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