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StephN · 01-16-2010, 11:33 PM

Pink Girl has good information.
It is easy to get panicky in our situation! Our minds don't think logically - our experiences take over. Sorry for your friend - she is way too young.

I had a sinus CT after I had finished my second group of chemos for liver mets. My nasal passages were a total mess by that time. I had a place that would not heal up cauterized and then my ENT wanted to look at my sinus structure and said he could tell by the CT if I had an infection.

It is not the most comfortable. The way I had to prop my chin up on something to get the right angle. But it was not for very long.

My result was good so I did not need more antibiotics.
I also had a sore scalp - sensitive and a little painful.

I, too, am worried about Julierene.

01-16-2010, 11:33 PM	#5
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Re: ct scan for sinuses? Pink Girl has good information. It is easy to get panicky in our situation! Our minds don't think logically - our experiences take over. Sorry for your friend - she is way too young. I had a sinus CT after I had finished my second group of chemos for liver mets. My nasal passages were a total mess by that time. I had a place that would not heal up cauterized and then my ENT wanted to look at my sinus structure and said he could tell by the CT if I had an infection. It is not the most comfortable. The way I had to prop my chin up on something to get the right angle. But it was not for very long. My result was good so I did not need more antibiotics. I also had a sore scalp - sensitive and a little painful. I, too, am worried about Julierene. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018. Last edited by StephN; 01-16-2010 at 11:35 PM..