Not only did I get the tumor markers to check for breast cancer recurrence but I figured I would really go nuts and have them do the ovarian cancer tumor marker too. I figured if I'm going to be worrying anyhow I might as well worry about everything. Of course I'm also thinking about the other blood tests they will be doing, especially the liver enzymes.
Yesterday I showed up at my oncologist's office without an appointment. I knew that I wouldn't need to see my oncologist to get a port flush and blood taken, however when he saw that I was there he wanted to see me. He immediately thought I had some sort of pain somewhere for me to be all of a sudden wanting tumor markers that I usually refuse to get. I do not have any pain or reason for getting these tests other than the fact that mentally I need to do this for myself.
This is hard, very hard. I'm scared that something is going to show up. I keep telling myself that knowledge is power and that if they do find something wrong that I will be getting on top of the problem before it gets worse. At this point I'm not sure if I will be calling my doctors office all day in a panic on Tuesday or if I'll just wait and see if my oncologist calls me.
Breathe in breathe out, breathe in breathe out...
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have received a $1.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study how specific nutrients in broccoli, and other vegetables known to provide an anti-cancer benefit, work to fight cancer. 
