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Does anyone know much about reading blood results?
So I am completely freaking out right now. I went in yesterday for my three month blood draw and asked if I could get a copy of my last blood draw results. I like to keep a file and have collected results for about a year now. I won't know what the results from yesterday's draw are until tomorrow when I see my oncologist.
But I was alarmed at my results from September. My AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosophate and Bilirubin levels have been pretty constant for the most part. They fluctuate a tiny bit my Alt did drop from 27 to 18. But in September my ALT changed from 18 to 27, my AST dropped from 23 to 21, my Bilirubin went from 0.3 to 0.7 and my Alkaline Phosphate went from 39 to 58!!!
Does this mean liver mets? I went through a ridiculous amount of scans and they all showed nothing in my liver. But blood is pretty indicative of something going on. Now I have been dealing with major constipation issues since September. So my other question is, can something else cause these things to fluctuate?
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DX 10/2011
PET Scan + MRI 10/2011
Lumpectomy 11/11/11
Stage 2B +++ ER+(10%), PR+(5%), HER2+++(1 positive node, 1 micromets to second node)
AC started 12/2011 ended 1/2012
Taxol + Herceptin weekly for 12 weeks ended 4/2012
30 zaps of radiation done 6/2012
Tamoxifen 6/2012
every 3 weeks of Herceptin for another year.
Metformin Trial 8/12
10/12 MRI- CLEAR
01/13 BRAIN MRI- CLEAR!
01/13 Neck MRI- CLEAR!
FINISHED HERCEPTIN 1/9/2013...Woot Woot
Starting Walter Reed Vaccine Trial 2/13
CT Scans + ultrasound of abdomen CLEAR-5/13
02/2015 through 11/2015 emergency D&Cs for Tamoxifen induced uterine polyps which caused uncontrollable hemorrhaging
12/2015 blood clot to left leg caused by Tamoxifen. No longer taking it. On Xarelto, a blood thinner
12/2015 Ablation to prevent hemorrhaging from potential issues with Tamoxifen residue in my system
1/2016 continuing journey without hormonal therapy. Reevaluating the option of a hysterectomy and oopherectomy.
4/1/2018 2mm stroke. Yes, stroke! No cause ever found but they believe it was a migraine that went bonkers and created a tiny clot. No deficits. I was back to normal with 24hrs. Now on baby aspirin for life.
7/27/2018 hysterectomy and oopherectomy
01/07/2019 Mastectomy and expanders put in
3/22/2019 Vtach, almost died. Cause unknown.
7/22/2019 New perky boobs put in
7/21/2020 Off of all drugs but a baby aspirin because of the stroke in 2018.
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8 YEARS NED
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