@polkagal, My gut felt everything you wrote about checkups. I have friends and family who have known me 60-70 years but none of them knows what you and @goldengal know about what I have been through. That goes for what I know about you too. That CA-125 number is the first thing I look for in my lab work too. My oncologist has also said that she doesn't worry about a two-point difference. She looks for the number to be within a window frame. My 3-month checkups don't actually stress me out as much as noticing something in between those times and making more appointments. Once I was bleeding again vaginally from my dilator. Last month I ended up having a CT scan after feeling daily "pings" in my pelvic area. The result was that I'm working on gut issues now. Luckily these instances are definitely not cancer recurrence but those times are so stressful that when it's a regular checkup I feel much better going through the process. You are both in my prayers. I hope that you sail through your appointments and sleep more peacefully again. Sleep is such an important part of our healing.

tha