Kate, This Dr. Mark sounds awesome. I wish I had a onc like that.  Sounds like he has a great plan....one I would feel very confident with. I'm so impressed on how fast they are moving on this...you are in very GOOD HANDS. That is also great to hear how early they caught this met...tiny little thing...easier to blast it and send it out to the twilight zone.
What is really GREAT news is ONLY ONE trt! I'm glad you have such an awesome team that you can trust and count on. It sounds like things are falling into place nicely considering the circumstances. I wish this wasn't happening to you and that you didn't have to go through all this...but at least you can continue on your chemo and you don't have far to go for trt...thats a major plus. You just hang in there and know that we are all here for you. I have been keeping you in my thoughts & prayers. With the attitude you have and that wonderful onc its certainly a winning combination. NED is just around that corner.
Sending lots of positive thoughts your way.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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