Scans
Just curious how other docs do it
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My doc said the same thing
My doc said the same thing as yours. No scan unless I'm having symptoms or ca 125 goes up.0 -
Ditto for me2timothy1 7 said:My doc said the same thing
My doc said the same thing as yours. No scan unless I'm having symptoms or ca 125 goes up.
My oncologist says basically no scan unless I'm having symptoms or CA 125 goes up. However, at the beginning of this year, I had a couple of CT scans and an MRI because I was having on and off abdominal pains. My doc eventually deduced that the pains were from a partial obstruction of my small intestine due to adhesions. Nothing else suspicious showed up on the scans and MRI, and honestly, I was glad to have the additional testing, just so my insides could be checked out.
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My old onc ordered Ct scanlovesanimals said:Ditto for me
My oncologist says basically no scan unless I'm having symptoms or CA 125 goes up. However, at the beginning of this year, I had a couple of CT scans and an MRI because I was having on and off abdominal pains. My doc eventually deduced that the pains were from a partial obstruction of my small intestine due to adhesions. Nothing else suspicious showed up on the scans and MRI, and honestly, I was glad to have the additional testing, just so my insides could be checked out.
Kelly
My old onc ordered Ct scan every 6 months. New onc has me get them every 3 months right now but I'm sure that will be stretched out. For me there is no reliable blood test. I feel better having them now. Maybe when I'm further away from the dx i will feel better not having them.0 -
Every two months
Because my cancer is moving so fast I am having CT every two months. Now saying that in the past two weeks with me being in the hospital two times I had one on the Monday of last week and the Monday before that. I was in for 11 days with two days in between each stay so that is why two catscans.
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