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BonnieR · 11-29-2010, 11:41 PM

I have not had scans as part of my routine follow up.
But had them when issues arose that needed further exploration. The most recent being the unfortunate misdiagnosis of lung cancer and unnecessary surgery!
They are a double edged sword as they can lead to false positives and unnecessary angst.
But your hip pain bears looking into. As Elaine said, we are still subject to "normal" medical problems too! Like arthritis, sciaticia, etc. Everything isn't cancer. But we always fear it is!
Keep the faith.

11-29-2010, 11:41 PM	#6
BonnieR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,210	Re: Do you get scans with your quarterly checks? I have not had scans as part of my routine follow up. But had them when issues arose that needed further exploration. The most recent being the unfortunate misdiagnosis of lung cancer and unnecessary surgery! They are a double edged sword as they can lead to false positives and unnecessary angst. But your hip pain bears looking into. As Elaine said, we are still subject to "normal" medical problems too! Like arthritis, sciaticia, etc. Everything isn't cancer. But we always fear it is! Keep the faith. __________________ Bonnie Post menopause May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3 Ki-67: 90% "suspicious area" left breast Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007 Sentinel Node Neg Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy.... Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07 OncoType score 36 (July 07) Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07) Began Herceptin alone 10/07 Finished Herceptin July /08 D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!) 5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed! Aromasin started 5/10