Breast Cancer Count??????????
I'M STILL IN THE LEARNING PROCESS OF THIS JOURNEY. I WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER WOMAN WITH BREAST CANCER WHO ALSO GOES TO MY DOCTOR, AND SHE SAID I SHOULD BE KEEPING UP WITH MY BREAST CANCER COUNT. SHE SAID THE NUMBERS LET YOU KNOW IF THE CELLS ARE ACTIVE OR DORMANT. SHE TOLD ME THE CODE WAS CA27-29. I WAS DIAGNOSED IN SEPT 2005 AND I DON'T RECALL MY DOCTOR TELLING ME ABOUT THIS----SOMETIMES I FORGET THINGS OR MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP MY COMPOSURE WHILE HE TALKED ABOUT TREATMENTS WITH ME. THEY ALWAYS CHECKED MY COUNTS (RED & WHITE), MY PLATLETS & HEMOGLOBIN. HER CANCER HAS SPREAD TO THE BONE AND AS FAR AS I KNOW MINE HAS NOT SPREAD. I DID HAVE 8 POS. NODES OUT OF 10. DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS BREAST CANCER COUNT? THANKS FOR ANY INFO. SHEILA
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