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In the last 45 days I have been through a Muga Scan, an Echo, a Pet scan and 2 CT's. I had some lesions on my liver and while trying to ascertain if they were cancer they found enlarged lymph nodes - luckily it turned out that nothing was cancerous. I get a little concerned about all the radiation.
My friend from St. Louis started to feel pain in her chest, she was concerned that it may be cancer - it turned out she had radiation burns from all the tests they have put her through. This is a woman who was treated only chemo - so the radiation burns were just from tests.
I have great insurance so if there were no risks with the tests I would push for them - but the radiation from them concerns me too. It is hard to know what the right answer is.
Let us hope that the Herceptin will keep us stage 3 people (as well as everyone else) healthy.
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