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Dear Bonnie,
Please don't worry. Cancer markers can increase because of the chemo treatment. Mine did and went down when I was off chemo. And lots of other conditions, mainly benign, can cause high markers, ovarian cysts, etc., but you probably know this. Some women may carry fetal cells from a previous pregnancy or miscarriage (I had two misses), which could cause a rise in markers. As long as your markers are in normal range you should be fine--numbers go up and down for lots of reasons. I kept the results of all blood work over the years (didn't even read most of them at the time as everything was within normal range). Now since BC I've reviewed them, and find that the numbers jump all over the place, but all are in the normal range.
I'm glad you're off chemo. You'll do great on herceptin; almost all of us do.
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