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Benign reasons for TM'ers being elevated?
Sorry to start another thread on this but I am just paralyzed with fear. My whole body hurts & I can't breath...major anxiety! Even my xanax is not helping. I wake up at night & can't get back to sleep.
As you all know from my 1st thread my TM'ers have slowly been rising over the last yr & 1/2. Started at a consistent 15 to 18 for a long time. Then creep up to 20, 23, 25, & last wk an all time high of 46. Retested last Monday & now in a wks time their 53. I looked up benign causes of TM'ers being elevated & couldn't find as much as I hoped for. But I did see it said seroma's which is a benign reason can cause an elevated rise in TM'er. I've had a large seroma since my 1st mastectomy that's never gone away. Has anyone had something else cause their TM'ers to rise other then the obvious?
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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