before they started me on chemotherapy i did ask my med oncologist if after the treatments will do they a scan just to make sure it didnot spread.they told me they dont do scans for breast cancer. they said that is why they are doing chemo,radio & hormone therapy for me.. i have an aggressive type of breast cancer that is why i was worried. So i trusted them. after my radiation in August 2013, my skin started to blister and i was getting high fevers.Since I was scheduled for a routine blood test I went to have one on 9 Sept. I went to see my Med oncologist on the 15 Sep. That's when they found out my liver enzymes were elevated. They did a repeat again on the 16 Sept and they are still going up. So they ordered an ultrasound. They called me to say they found "something" but not to worry ,but i need to do a CT scan of my liver. i saw them on 22 Sept telling me i have a 8.6 cm mass on my liver..they need to do a liver biopsy. 29 Sept that is when they told me it did metastasize on my liver...We were shocked....My first words were... Is it terminal?... doctor said yes...i asked why...she said because most of the patient with liver involvement dies...so i ask how long will i live....she couldnt say...
I was so Angry at them that i reminded them that I did asked them if they can do a scan just to make sure...but they didnot listen to me...All the time they say ...that is why we are doing all the treatments....BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPEN TO ME NOW..??? who knows that tumour on my liver might have been there before i even started chemo....
My question is...how come the chemo wasnt able to cure it?.... my radiation oncologist theory was.. it might have been there before.... and she said that actually radiation does elevates the liver enzymes(LFT). so i thank radiation for doing that..otherwise i wont know that the cancer have spread already on my liver...
There were no symptoms indicating that it affected my liver.... only the high fevers and chills i was getting evry now and then....
With what happened to me...don't you think they should do a whole body scan for patients diagnosed with early breast cancer even though there are no lymph nodes involvement????