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07-15-2005, 10:40 AM

I wish I could say that I knew Mary personally, but I had just joined the her2 boards, when Mary was first talking about the importance of having brain MRI's. Right there, I'd known that she was THE important aspect of these boards -- she was a tremendous advocate. I have been having routine brain MRI's every 3 months ever since December 2003 (just after I had completed the first-round chemos).

Additionally, my onc actually is not a strong believer in routine scans, but I was fortunate enough that my radiology dept had issued "we recommend that Joanne is to have a brain MRI every 3 months" so my onc has been respectfully following their order since then. It was not even about 5 or 6 months before we had picked up my first brain met (I had NO symptoms).

I also have a CT scan of abdomen/pelvis every 3 months, too, which I strongly suspect is in regards of my cancerous supraclavicular nodes.

Thank YOU, Mary!!!! :-)

07-15-2005, 10:40 AM	#2
jojo Guest Posts: n/a	I wish I could say that I knew Mary personally, but I had just joined the her2 boards, when Mary was first talking about the importance of having brain MRI's. Right there, I'd known that she was THE important aspect of these boards -- she was a tremendous advocate. I have been having routine brain MRI's every 3 months ever since December 2003 (just after I had completed the first-round chemos). Additionally, my onc actually is not a strong believer in routine scans, but I was fortunate enough that my radiology dept had issued "we recommend that Joanne is to have a brain MRI every 3 months" so my onc has been respectfully following their order since then. It was not even about 5 or 6 months before we had picked up my first brain met (I had NO symptoms). I also have a CT scan of abdomen/pelvis every 3 months, too, which I strongly suspect is in regards of my cancerous supraclavicular nodes. Thank YOU, Mary!!!! :-)