Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Moving Right Along

I decided to cancel the muga scan until I see the cardiologist. If he can give me a good reason for needing a muga to confirm or add something to the sonogram I got, then I'll consider another test. If not, I don't want to waste my time, money and health.

I personally don't think my low heart function is related to the odd feeling I'm having somewhere in my chest, but it looks like I have to have the heart appt. before I can get any further on checking the other out.

I mentioned to my primary care dr. that I'm still having lower back pain; I first saw him about this 20 months ago. It feels like it's mostly centered on the lower left side now and has been getting worse.

He suggested physical therapy as he did when I first saw him. I said I'd be happy if we move on to a PET scan to check the chest pain because it might be able to rule out anything going on with the bones.

He agreed that there's nothing ruling out bone mets at this point.

I also showed him a skin-colored bump on my left thigh that appeared shortly after I completed Herceptin (20 months ago). I've always kind of wondered if it's skin mets. I'd say it would be unlikely for it to appear so far away from the affected site, but once you get aggressive cancer at age 37, nothing seems impossible. The dr. agreed it's not likely, but to me that says "check it out." Or don't and live with crazy-inducing uncertainty.

So I have a punch biopsy in a few days.

I'll keep you posted.

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