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History: dx ibc 6/01; mastectomy, chemo, rad. 9/02 dx with bone mets. Various treatments, but currently have been on navelbine, herceptin & zometa for 6 months. Feeling good, little side effects. Last PET scan about 6 weeks ago showed slight improvement in bone mets, everything else clear.
I saw my onc. today. Physical exam went fine; he said I looked good & thought I was doing well on this chemo. At the end of our appointment, he said, "one more thing. my last 'liver function' blood test was borderline abnormal." Of course this freaked me out. It was the end of app't I I couldn't get my thoughts together. He said it was 142 & normal, I think he said is up to 136. So he didn't think it alarming since it was "borderline". (He wasn't alarmed either when bone scan was non-specific abnormal spot that confirmed bone mets on mri.) To my knowledge my liver function tests have always been normal before.
I do have some slight on-& off discomfort in my stomach, some on right side.... I don't think it's a new symptom. But of course NOW the ache is severe & I can't tell what's real or what's nervousness. I'm so afraid of learning this is progressing to the liver too.
Questions - does this liver function blood test just look for cancer, or could it be something else? have others had borderline or abnormal readings & it's turned out not to be liver mets? Other info I should be asking about?
The blood test is going to be repeated, but now the waiting is, well, I can't really describe it, it's just paralzying.
Thanks. Pam
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