|
PET scan results in, still negative!
I finally got my PET scan done. It has been delayed twice already. I was in it when it quit 3 weeks ago. Then they had to cancel my next appt. because it wasn't fixed. I finally had it yesterday. They called today and told me it was normal. I haven't had one since May and even though all the other tests have been negative I have been worried. To go from what appeared to be stage 4 to NED in two months and have the tests stay negative since May is a miracle to me. I will try to remember this through all of the aches and pains and fatigue. And mood swings. It is worth it and I feel very blessed.
Leslie
__________________
In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
|
Threaded Mode