It took a few extra days, but I just heard back and the blood results from my 3-month follow-up that show the tumor markers came back GOOD! You never want the numbers to go up because that is a sign that the cancer is back. They measure it in two tests, the first came back at .8 (the same as last time); and the second came back at 1.2 (which was 1.3 before), so that's lower! So the severe twinges of pain I feel down there quite often, must just be things moving around, and nothing to concern myself with. I did make my 6-month follow-up appointment with Dr. Brown for 3/2/10, so I can ask him about that then.
Now knowing those numbers, I suppose the ultrasound on my uterus this morning wouldn't have been necessary after all. They had requested I have one because.... if you recall, the CT-scan of 11/4/09 when overlaid on top of my original CT-scan from 8/08 showed the abnormalities on my liver had not grown. However, during that same overlay, they saw a mark on my uterus that wasn't there originally. They feel certain it's either inflammation or scar tissue due to the radiation or surgery I had in between, but wanted it checked out. Those results should be back in a couple of days, as well as my mammogram results. I requested the doctor write me a letter compiling all the results in a nice little (layman's term) package for my records. I'll blog those when I hear back! (I guess it's time to hit our deductible for yet another year.)
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