Good evening to all
Some of you may remember that my TM's have been rising for the last 6 weeks. Tm's have been VERY accurate for me. Two weeks ago doctor told me he was afraid this was an indicator that the cancer was growing again.

Well Today he changed his mind. My CA27.29 came down 9 points from a 17 point jump. My CEA did jump a bit...but doctor said we are still getting mileage from this tx.

We reviewed the ct from last week and the lungs are still clear and it appears we are missing two liver tumors. I now have 5 " started with 8. Largest is 1.7 cm and the other 4 are under 1 cm. My liver enzymes were also elevated and they are back to normal. He really thinks ""cell death"" ocurred.

So" " doctor said with a big smile on his face ""guess we cant trust your tm's!! He will keep me on the trial this month and check tm's in one month...will go from there.

I have a wonderful doctor...today was a good day!!

I pray for all of you daily...I pray that we all get good news!!

Warmly"

Judie

History

Discovered lump Sept. 2002 (mammo didn’t pick it up)
Dx Oct 2002-just turned 41
IDC and pagets disease stage 2B grade 3/3 nottingham scale 9/9
3cm lumpectomy clean margins
er/pr-pos her2 neg 2/25 nodes w/cancer
Nov 2002-March 2003-FEC (5fu epirubicin cytoxen)
March 2003- started tamoxifen
May 2003- finished rads (33tx)
June 2003-CT/PET Scan- clear
Started 3 month check ups w/lab
Dec 2003-complete hysterectomy
Jan 2004-extensive mets both lungs & liver(labs normal)
Jan 2004-stopped tamoxifen
Feb 2004 CEA-23 (0-3 normal) CA27.29-66.1 (0-38 normal)
Feb 23to current-clinical trial taxol & avastin
April 15th 2004-CT-significant shrinkage on all tumors/plueral effusion gone
June 8th 2004-CT-all liver lesions decreased in size/lung mets gone
Aug 9th 2004-CA27.29 is 22.3 CEA is .8)
Aug 9th 2004-Brain-CT neg lung mets/pleural effusion still gone liver mets had slight shrinkage. Largest hypodesne lesion is 2.1cm 6 others 1cm or less.
Sept-Tumor markers on the rise
Sept 13th-bone scan negative mri revealed herniated disc.
Sept 27- Ct of brain negative/lung mets still gone/ 2 liver lesions gone 4 under 1cm 1 @1.7cm.
Oct 5-CA27.29 down 9 points (29.9)CEA 2.2

Judy those results are in the realm of fantastic!

Keep em coming!
Lolly