what are symptoms of cancer recurrence ?

[chandraa]

Does any one know what are the symptoms of cancer is reoccurring after treatment?

[Richa25]

Oh dear Chandra...thats such a hard road to tread...one knows the symptoms and then one keeps getting them cyclically...one after the other...i am an effective psychosomatic by now...jokes aside...is there a problem...stay well n healthy..

Love n hugs Richa

[chandraa in reply to Richa25]

Thanks richa for reply.She getting tiredness suddenly some times.May be once in a week..

[Lamchee]

There are marker tests like CA153.Increase in number would mean recurrance.

[chandraa in reply to Lamchee]

This test will give any count??

[Lamchee in reply to chandraa]

CA153 gives numbers.Upto 34(I think) is normal.They write it on report as to what is normal & what is not.You have to compare two reports to understand the progress of disease.Thyrocare charges Rs.700 for this test.

[sumeet_shah Administrator]

Recurrence is definitely a thought which all breast cancer patients keep getting even after treatment is long over. Recurrence can be local, meaning at the site of surgery or it can be distant where it can be in lungs or liver or bone or other organs. Depending on site there will be symptoms. You can read up on google. And don't worry. I can understand. Divert attention to life and other issues and soon these thoughts will become lesser and lesser

[chandraa in reply to sumeet_shah]

Thanks doctor.Some times my mom is getting tiredness after household work.Sometimes she is fine.May be once in a week she is getting tiredness.Thats why i am worried about.

[many]

plz do not think about mets based on that CA 15.3 report. There are many non cancerous situations where it may just rise. DIscuss with your Oncologist what he feels about this, and whether he wishes to do any tests further. Your Doctor would probably do a chest x ray and sonography and if grossly all is well, then he would just continue a routine follow up.

[Richa25]

Chemo tends to create havoc with energy levels...but even before i had cancer...i remember days with extreme tiredness...it must be normal Chandra

[kontak TeamBCI]

Hi Chandra even more than one and half year of treatement my sister is still not feeling energetic as before - may be she has got her energy levels 60 to 65% back. It will take time to get back to normal as before. Try to meet the oncologist - do routine tests - that all we can do

[chandraa in reply to kontak]

Okay kotak thanks for your reply.