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chartermom02 · 09-24-2005, 11:41 AM

Hi all,

I read regularly but haven't posted in a while. This is on topic but kind of also off topic.....I'll be 5 years out in early October. Diagnosed with IDC 2cm; Stage I; ER+/PR+; Her 2+++; Grade 3. I was 41 at the time and premenopausal. Had A/C x4; 35 rads; Tamoxifen for 3 years and 10 months and now on Arimidex for the last 10 months or so after undergoing a hysterectomy. My question is about how fiercly I should push for a brain MRI. I have not had one ever and my onc is very apprehensive about ordering any testing unless there are symptoms. Even at the time of diagnosis, I wasn't given any testing - no tumor markers, no CTS, no bone scans, etc. I'm due for my follow up mammo, ultrasound, and for the first time an MRI of the breast in a few weeks and then have my checkup with the onc near the end of October; I really want a brain MRI just in case but I don't think my onc will go along with my wishes. Any suggestions to try to convince him?

09-24-2005, 11:41 AM	#16
chartermom02 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Castle, Delaware Posts: 15	Hi all, I read regularly but haven't posted in a while. This is on topic but kind of also off topic.....I'll be 5 years out in early October. Diagnosed with IDC 2cm; Stage I; ER+/PR+; Her 2+++; Grade 3. I was 41 at the time and premenopausal. Had A/C x4; 35 rads; Tamoxifen for 3 years and 10 months and now on Arimidex for the last 10 months or so after undergoing a hysterectomy. My question is about how fiercly I should push for a brain MRI. I have not had one ever and my onc is very apprehensive about ordering any testing unless there are symptoms. Even at the time of diagnosis, I wasn't given any testing - no tumor markers, no CTS, no bone scans, etc. I'm due for my follow up mammo, ultrasound, and for the first time an MRI of the breast in a few weeks and then have my checkup with the onc near the end of October; I really want a brain MRI just in case but I don't think my onc will go along with my wishes. Any suggestions to try to convince him?