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Chelee · 01-05-2010, 09:20 PM

Shelia, Wow, that's a first I've heard of them using a shield for the chest. With so much news on this radiation issue lately maybe they really working on ways to reduce exposure. It's about time.

Sure hope they don't make you wait to long for your scan results. I'm sending lots of positive thoughts your way for fantastic results. I know Dr. Slamon is all for the Tykerb/Herceptin combo due to all the great results from it. I hope it's worked its magic & all traces of cancer have totally disappeared as it should be.

I have a PET/CT coming up on 1-27-01 to see if this Navelbine is working. So I doubt I will be getting any sheilds...too many places they need to check out on me. Plus it would ruin the PET portion of my scan I would think.

lizm100, I've had the same fear too about radiation causing cancer. To this day I really don't know if my cancer wasn't caused from all the x-rays I had from a child up until my teens for my congenital scoliosis. Even the Komen site says it's possible. I had no cancer in my family...so makes me wonder. I had so many x-rays I can't count them.

Chelee

01-05-2010, 09:20 PM	#6
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: More on CT scans we have been hearing about. Shelia, Wow, that's a first I've heard of them using a shield for the chest. With so much news on this radiation issue lately maybe they really working on ways to reduce exposure. It's about time. Sure hope they don't make you wait to long for your scan results. I'm sending lots of positive thoughts your way for fantastic results. I know Dr. Slamon is all for the Tykerb/Herceptin combo due to all the great results from it. I hope it's worked its magic & all traces of cancer have totally disappeared as it should be. I have a PET/CT coming up on 1-27-01 to see if this Navelbine is working. So I doubt I will be getting any sheilds...too many places they need to check out on me. Plus it would ruin the PET portion of my scan I would think. lizm100, I've had the same fear too about radiation causing cancer. To this day I really don't know if my cancer wasn't caused from all the x-rays I had from a child up until my teens for my congenital scoliosis. Even the Komen site says it's possible. I had no cancer in my family...so makes me wonder. I had so many x-rays I can't count them. 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.