I was told no test, just go by how you feel, this is how I look at it, the minute you had clean margins during surgery, your cancer free. My doc is great any pain I have they do tests on me, I think you'll always wonder if there's cancer cells floating around in there, somewhere, I think it's common,

After my mastectomy my surgeon states I am cancer FREE, lymph nodes clear, margins clear, I had very early cancer. now I have to take a pill for 5 years to prevent cancer from coming back. ONCE TREATMENT IS OVER YOU ARE CANCER FREE..

I just found out last week that I will have no post treatment testing. I was surprised but was told they monitor overall health with no tests. Some outside of my facility have said they feel risk due to radiation of testing is worse than just waiting and following your health. I'm with you. I'm in my late 50's and have other health issues so the idea of flying blind isn't good. And interestingly enough, a friend of mine had colon cancer last year. His was "mild", as in non-aggressive. (I am TNBC.) And yet he will have full body scans on the anniversary of the end of his treatment each year for 4 years. So I don't get this at all.

I'd ask to get a second opinion. A lot can happen in one year. If your insurance will allow I'd go outside Cleveland Med. If they've never done a pet how can they know?

My doctor told me that having pet scans, ct scans won't catch the cancer as well as blood test. I felt really uneasy, I'm 2 years out from being diagnosed