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10-20-2004, 10:41 PM

Kaye,

The change was hardly noticable. It felt like there was just a bit of scar tissue that had built up under my arm, directly under the mastecomy scar line. I really thought it was nothing, mainly because I thought they took ALL of the lymph nodes under my arm during my initial surgery. Now I realize that they only took 11 and left the rest. They were surgically removed on 5/24 of this year and were about .5 cm each.

My Oncologist was not tracking my tumor markers. He was one of those who didn't believe in their reliability until dealing with Stage IV disease.

But, they checked them right after my recurrence and thankfully all were in normal range, actually the low end of normal. Hopefully there is some accuracy in the markers for me and this is a good sign!

--Cindi.

10-20-2004, 10:41 PM	#14
Cindi Guest Posts: n/a	Kaye, The change was hardly noticable. It felt like there was just a bit of scar tissue that had built up under my arm, directly under the mastecomy scar line. I really thought it was nothing, mainly because I thought they took ALL of the lymph nodes under my arm during my initial surgery. Now I realize that they only took 11 and left the rest. They were surgically removed on 5/24 of this year and were about .5 cm each. My Oncologist was not tracking my tumor markers. He was one of those who didn't believe in their reliability until dealing with Stage IV disease. But, they checked them right after my recurrence and thankfully all were in normal range, actually the low end of normal. Hopefully there is some accuracy in the markers for me and this is a good sign! --Cindi.