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High Muga
I saw my Oncologist today and he gave me the scores to my Muga that I had done a week ago. He was shocked and said my score EF score was 85. He said that my heart was in good enough shape to go run a marathon. He thought that with all the chemo and me being on Herceptin weekly for the last 2 years, it wouldn't be that high. I took this as being a positive thing, then I got online and it said the normal range was 50 - 70, and that anything higher might indicate a heart problem. such as Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This is the disease that kills some of the young athletes.....what the HECK!!! I exercise a lot and do a lot of cardio and would just prefer to think my hearts in good shape, my Oncologist seemed impressed. Have any of you had a high MUGA and know more about this..sherryg
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Sherry
Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44
13+ positive lymph nodes
Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006
4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin
NED since April 2006!!
36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately
8 years NED now
Scans every year
Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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