Well I told you I would explain how my cancer spread. Here is my though on it. From the being I had a PET Scan done in Aug 2010 that was the only one I had done. But I already knew that it had spread to a couple of lymph nodes under my arm. If y'all remember I started taken Tamoxifen in Oct 2010. Then had surgery in Jan 2011 never had another PET Scan. So from Aug 2010 to Jan 2011 it had time to spread without knowing about it. Had another PET Scan in Nov 2012 due to some headaches and problem with my neck. That's how we found out about it being in the bones. So it was I guess you can say over look. Not really! You don't have to have any scan done again as far as a regular check up. Your regular check ups consist of blood work and seeing your oncology starting out every 3 months. It was a honest mistake. Now I feel that another PET Scan should always be done before surgery. I take a injection once a month to protect the bones and see my oncology every 3 months. I do lab work once a month before I have my injection. I had a port right from the start but when I had my reconstruction I had the port taken out. Boy I sure wish I didn't have it taken out. Cause every time I go to have my injection they have to do a IV. I first get my lab done and they always stick me in the bend of my arm. Then when it comes to the IV they stick me around my wrist or in my hand. Not to crazy about it, it hurts so you see I sure regret having the port taken out. They could be using that port instead of doing IV. Well am going to pick up on blogging about my injection and my other doctor appointments on Nov 12, 2013 instead of going back and posting all the others. So after tomorrow I will have more for ya.
Just remember time is on your side!
6 years ago
