Connect
← Return to CA 27-29 numbers rising: Does anyone else have an issue like this?
Discussion
CA 27-29 numbers rising: Does anyone else have an issue like this?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 16 10:03am | Replies (176)Comment receiving replies
@tessspike. Good for you for being on top of your numbers. I am a big advocate on this site for tracking all your numbers on a chart for two reasons: 1) it helps a patient to know what is going on with their body & 2) to see trends. In your case, absolutely the knee replacement surgery can impact numbers. It might be helpful to track all your numbers a bit further back to day one. Maybe talk to your doctors to get a sense of when you can expect the surgery impact to lessen or request /look at your other numbers to see if the inflammation/surgery is reflected elsewhere. Docs like to see trends and like you pointed out, backup with scans, how you are feeling, etc. Fingers crossed for you. I am going on my 4th year as a MBC patient and have rebounded really well from when my initial meds stopped working 18 mos in. 2nd meds didn’t work but this third round seems to be doing the trick!
Replies to "@tessspike. Good for you for being on top of your numbers. I am a big advocate..."
Hope you continue to do well. Have you tried other non conventional ways yet like diet? There are books talk about how other patients miraculously have radical remission after changing diet. God bless you and many hugs to you!
Thank you for posting this. I have metastatic breast cancer and had a total left shoulder replacement eight weeks ago. I had noticed that my CA 27.29 has been rising. I just completed my bone scans chest and abdomen CT and they were all negative. I had to stop the
Ribociclib for 2 months . Three weeks prior to surgery and then another four weeks during my postop recovery. I restarted my ribociclib cycle three weeks ago and now my ANC has been .8 for the last two weeks.
Connect
Thank you so much! That is such encouraging information. I do track my numbers, and my oncology team has an excellent portal where I can do that. I do some strenuous PT every day for the knee so I'm hoping that might be it. I'm so thankful for you that that third round of meds is working for you!