Do Any Of You Get Copies Of Your Medical File Or Just Results From Tests
WHEN I FIRST STARTED ALL OF THIS, I WOULD USUALLY GETS COPIES OF TEST RESULTS BUT HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING A COPY OF MY MEDICAL FILE. IN THE BEGINNING I JUST TOOK ONE THING AT A TIME. THATS ALL MY BRAIN COULD COPE WITH, SOMETIMES I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW THINGS AND DIDN'T ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS. FRANKLY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND TOO MUCH IN THE BEGINNING. THIS SITE HAS REALLY HELP ME UNDERSTAND SO MUCH ABOUT MY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS I ASK FOR A COPY OF MY FILE. I'M GLAD I DIDN'T DO IT IN THE BEGINNING---IT WOULD HAVE SCARED ME TO DEATH. I'VE BEEN SO BLESSED AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMPLICATIONS WITH MY TREATMENTS. IT WAS SO INTERESTING TOO READ MY FILE AND FOLLOW THE PROGRESS I'VE MADE THRU OUT THIS YEAR. I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MANY OF YOU GET COPIES OF YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS
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SHEILA (45)
09/2005--BREAST CANCER/8 POS NODES --A/C, MASTECTOMY,TAXOTERE, RADS, TAMOXIFEN,HERCEPTIN
02/2007--B/C METS TO OVARIES--HYSTERECTOMY, FASLODEX
12/2007--ENLARGING LYMPH NODES IN ABDOMEN--IXEMPRA, THEN TYKERB
08/2008--COLON TUMOR--A/C AGAIN,
12/2008--ABDOMEN TUMOR--AVASTIN/NAVELBINE FEMARA
05/2009--MET TO SPINE (L2) RADS
CURRENT TREATMENT
07/2009- START ZOMETA MONTHLY, XELODA & ABRAXANE......SURVIVING THE BEST I CAN
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