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jener8er · 04-03-2006, 09:01 PM

thanks to all of YOU here for empowering me. I never would have pushed for it like I did today without all of your voices in my ears! My oncs reasons were that mets to the brain are not curable and when treatment begins makes no difference to survivability. He said scanning was not standard of care, nor cost effective as the final outcome will be the same. Not sure I agree with him, and I argued what I'd read here about things being different now with Herceptin. He said OK, we'll scan you then. So I go on Friday, should have results Monday.

Thank you ALL again for all that you contribute to this site - where would some of us be without you?

04-03-2006, 09:01 PM	#1
jener8er Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 94	Well, I got my brain MRI... thanks to all of YOU here for empowering me. I never would have pushed for it like I did today without all of your voices in my ears! My oncs reasons were that mets to the brain are not curable and when treatment begins makes no difference to survivability. He said scanning was not standard of care, nor cost effective as the final outcome will be the same. Not sure I agree with him, and I argued what I'd read here about things being different now with Herceptin. He said OK, we'll scan you then. So I go on Friday, should have results Monday. Thank you ALL again for all that you contribute to this site - where would some of us be without you? __________________ Jen DX 10/04 IDC Grade 3 ER/PR-, Her2+++ 4/20+ Lymph nodes Stage 3a Age 38, CA