Metastatic workup coming up next
I'm Stage IIIC and am 19 treatments into my 30 sessions of radiation. The day after I finish my 30th session I am going for a CT Scan.
Nothing unusual there I'm thinking as he hands over the referral for the radiologists.
After closer scrutiny at home - I don't know why I didn't see it immediately - in bold block letters is METASTATIC WORKUP.
I googled some trials on the value of even doing a metastatic workup and I fall into the category that definitely should, lol.
How common is this bearing in mind that no one expects me to be clear after radiation?
My nodes at every level were metastatic but not all were removed. My friend had a clearance of all her nodes and only 2 had cancer!
I wonder why I didn't get a clearance but an axillary dissection instead.
The invasive cancer even appeared along my scarline from my mastectomy just weeks earlier so they know it's rapidly growing.
The oncologist has already suggested more chemo but I didn't think I'd have to undergo a battery of tests to get the right mixture.
Guilty until proven innocent is how I feel.
(with all due respect to the ladies living with metastatic cancer whose group I'll probs be joining soon)
Cheers, I'm getting used to this, sometimes.
Nothing unusual there I'm thinking as he hands over the referral for the radiologists.
After closer scrutiny at home - I don't know why I didn't see it immediately - in bold block letters is METASTATIC WORKUP.
I googled some trials on the value of even doing a metastatic workup and I fall into the category that definitely should, lol.
How common is this bearing in mind that no one expects me to be clear after radiation?
My nodes at every level were metastatic but not all were removed. My friend had a clearance of all her nodes and only 2 had cancer!
I wonder why I didn't get a clearance but an axillary dissection instead.
The invasive cancer even appeared along my scarline from my mastectomy just weeks earlier so they know it's rapidly growing.
The oncologist has already suggested more chemo but I didn't think I'd have to undergo a battery of tests to get the right mixture.
Guilty until proven innocent is how I feel.
(with all due respect to the ladies living with metastatic cancer whose group I'll probs be joining soon)
Cheers, I'm getting used to this, sometimes.
