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Re: No more visits to Onc- is this right?
Hi Emma,
My oncologist's plan was to follow me for 5 years. I thought that I would have a annual visit with my oncologist for the rest of my life. So I was quite dismayed to find our plans don't match. If I don't have a problem in the next 2-3 years I might feel more comfortable being followed by my Primary Care doctor.
I was Stage IIb with lymph node involvement and ER-/PR-. I see you are Stage 1. And from England. I really don't know the standard of care in your country, but one of my friends did her follow up with the breast surgeon instead of the oncologist. At our support group meeting we talked about how every place does follow up differently.
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Diagnosed 2007
Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes
Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation
Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri"
Additional treatments:
GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr
Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients
ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla
Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision
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