YAY!! TUMOR Markers Dropping!
I am happy to say that my tumor markers are dropping. Here is a picture of the trajectory. This one measures CA-15-3. The CA 15-3 blood test measures the level of cancer antigen 15-3, a protein produced by normal breast cells and shed into the bloodstream by certain breast cancer tumors. Normal levels are below 30. Mine started at about 3700 when I was diagnosed, showing widespread cancer. I have been in treatment for 3.5 months and it is down over 50% to 1760. This means that the cancer cells are dying and going to sleep- going into dormany- both of which are a result of the medications I am taking. I don't really feel 50% better though- I still can't do much and have pain, but I am reading that is a result of the inflammation that my body is feeling from this battle and also from my bone holes filling in- which is like growing pain but in all of my bones- think of a broken bone healing and the pain involved. It takes lots of energy for the body to create the matrix of bone m...