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Did they do any scans at all on you when you were first diagnosed? I think I would at least want a set of scans done to make sure everything came back clean and that nothing had gotten out by means of the bloodstream. If that initial scan came back clean, I would be Ok with not having any other scans..that being I was diagnosed with early stage bc. I just think it is our duty and right to be active in our care and if a set of scans would ease your mind, then you should get them. When my brother was diagnosed with melanoma, his lymph nodes were clean. They later found out it had spread by way of his bloodstream. Not much they could have done either way in his case but that's not the case with BC.
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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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