cassie
04-30-2007, 08:02 PM
Hi!
Guess I'll get the hang of this yet. I'm so glad to have found this forum and have spent many hours reading.
This is my profile: dx'd on 9-13-05 at age 62. Stage 2b grade 3. ER/PR-but Her2+++. Had left radical mast on 9-18-05 with SNB+ 24 nodes taken with3+ Port was placed 10-13-05.
Chemo started 10-13 with Taxotere,Carboplatin x6 and herceptin x one year every three weeks. I was lucky in that I had few side effects except diarrhea at beginning and staph infection of port near the end. Of course there was the fatigue and slight nausea. Lymphadema starting Jan. 06. Rad x 33 which endedMar 30,06.
Question: For those of you who have had or have mets--did you find out by pain, out of range labs or by scheduled CT,MRI or bone scan? I have a new compression fx of T11 which gives pain to my last 2 ribs on left but the most pain is rt back(low) which is no better with rest, exercise or heat(feels great but doesn't take care of it) Tyelnol#3 used to take care of it but not now. This has gone on for 4 weeks. Onc is 300 miles away and not to see her until June. Just worried. Been off herceptin since 10-06.
Hugs to all! Cassie from Alaska
Guess I'll get the hang of this yet. I'm so glad to have found this forum and have spent many hours reading.
This is my profile: dx'd on 9-13-05 at age 62. Stage 2b grade 3. ER/PR-but Her2+++. Had left radical mast on 9-18-05 with SNB+ 24 nodes taken with3+ Port was placed 10-13-05.
Chemo started 10-13 with Taxotere,Carboplatin x6 and herceptin x one year every three weeks. I was lucky in that I had few side effects except diarrhea at beginning and staph infection of port near the end. Of course there was the fatigue and slight nausea. Lymphadema starting Jan. 06. Rad x 33 which endedMar 30,06.
Question: For those of you who have had or have mets--did you find out by pain, out of range labs or by scheduled CT,MRI or bone scan? I have a new compression fx of T11 which gives pain to my last 2 ribs on left but the most pain is rt back(low) which is no better with rest, exercise or heat(feels great but doesn't take care of it) Tyelnol#3 used to take care of it but not now. This has gone on for 4 weeks. Onc is 300 miles away and not to see her until June. Just worried. Been off herceptin since 10-06.
Hugs to all! Cassie from Alaska