Good follow up with onc

pattypoo53

Hello everyone,

See the feeling nervous post below, it was me, the nervous one!! My followup went great all bloodwork was great, had my vit D levels checked they were 39, my tumor markers are an 8 ,they have been low, I didn't even have one done until I was a year and a half out from diagnoses, my onc believes in them as part of the whole picture, he doesn.t really on them solely, but as a part of all the other bloodwork. I was diagnosed Dec 03, at 50 yrs old ,stage IIA, atypical medullary, 2.8cm, triple negative, no vascular invasion, no nodes involved out of 28, clean margins, lumpectomy. 4xAC then 4x Taxol, then 33 rads. I am four years out from treatment, and 4 1/2 years out from diagnoses. My onc is very optimistic about my prognosis. Although I know there are no guarantees that my cancer will never come back, I am really trying to move forward with this rollercoaster ride. I think I have alot of post traumatic stress, I am on an antidepressant, and getting cousenling, it is helping.  I am meeting with a genetic counselor soon, I am considering the testing. My mom had breast cancer at 65 yrs, masectomy only, she didn.t die of breast cancer. Thanks for all the support on this board it is wonderful, I don.t post much, but read daily.

Hugs

Patty

KPolasek

Patty,

 I am so happy for you!  They found a cyst in my breast last week and they was to do more tests to be sure that there is no malignancy present (might be scar tissue but they cannot tell for sure).

Again, I am happy for you and pray that you will continue to stay clean and that you can get off the roller coaster !!!!

Blessings,

K