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I am Stage 2b with one positive node, HER2 neu.
1) no, he only reviews the chart. However during dose dense therapy he saw me very two weeks exactly the week after chemo as that was my nadir point when my WBC was lowest and he would then prescribe an antibiotic if below 700. I am now on every three week Herceptin and I see my oncologist monthly.
3) my oncologist requests all my scans and his staff gets all authorizations and schedules them
5)my team is the oncologist, my surgeon and my internist
6)on does dense every two weeks, on Herceptin every 3-4 weeks.
7) my first scans were four months later; if I am worried he orders scans earlier than he normally would. He talks with me a lot to determine my anxiety level. He ordered a brain MRI because I was worried when my CA 27-29 went up. I think I do drive him bananas at times but he is very understanding and knows thata cancer robs his patients of so many things we used to take for granted.
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