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Cal-Gal · 01-10-2010, 06:54 PM

Hello full of beans--

So sorry you are dealing with this--

I too didnt tell anyone but the guys and gals on this board when they started going up--for fear my relatives and friends would think I was nuts!!!

I don't have any answers right now--but having my 1st PET this Tuesday since completing chemo--1/2 way done w/ Herceptin-- will have results Friday--my tumor markers were down after chemo and first few months of H--

BUT have been going mostly up--but still within range last few months--feeling crummy too--

I can repost if my rising markers are consistent w/any findings on PET this week on Friday---but boy I sure HOPE NOT!!!

Good Luck---

01-10-2010, 06:54 PM	#4
Cal-Gal Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 309	Re: increased CA125 but not CA 15-3 Hello full of beans-- So sorry you are dealing with this-- I too didnt tell anyone but the guys and gals on this board when they started going up--for fear my relatives and friends would think I was nuts!!! I don't have any answers right now--but having my 1st PET this Tuesday since completing chemo--1/2 way done w/ Herceptin-- will have results Friday--my tumor markers were down after chemo and first few months of H-- BUT have been going mostly up--but still within range last few months--feeling crummy too-- I can repost if my rising markers are consistent w/any findings on PET this week on Friday---but boy I sure HOPE NOT!!! Good Luck--- __________________ DX: 11/08 Age: 53 Surgery: 1/09 Bilat Mastectomy, no reconstruction ILC-4 tumors-1.7 cm,1.5 cm (2).8 cm DCIS-11 cm All tumors Grade 3 All tumors ER-0%/PR-0% All tumors HER2+ IHC-all tumors Overexpression/borderline FISH 2 tumors Her2-Negative FISH 2 tumors Her2+ Equivocal Stage I, 0/1 nodes LVI-Indeterminate(treated as positive) SPR Score 8/9 Ki-67 20% BRCA genetic test 1/2=negative Chemo: 6 rounds TAC Feb-June 2009 w/Neulasta Herceptin: 6/12/09-6/4/10 52weeks HNPCC genetic test: negative Port Placement-9/23/09 Port Removal 6/25/10 Echo's every 3 months-All normal 2/09 Staging PET/CT showed 0.2 micronodule upper R lobe-lung-Onc does not think this is mets-- 6/5/09 AND 10/09 CT scan 0.2 micronodule unchanged 1/10-PET/CT-uptake in nasopharynx- 1/10-MRI All normal 6/10-Bone Scan-clear 12/10-PET/CT-All Clear-NED 12/11-PET-All Clear-NED 12/12-PET-All Clear-NED 12/13-CT w/contrast Head, Torso-All Clear 12/14-CT w/contrast Head-All Clear 2/15-Core needle biopsy-R scar line