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Sherryg683 · 09-28-2007, 11:06 PM

I go to see my oncologist in a couple of weeks. He kind of shocked me the last time by mentioning that it was time that I stopped all this" I think the Herceptin I've been taking weekly for almost 2 years now". He's usually pretty good about giving me what I ask for but I'd like to have some strong arguments to put at him as to why I should stay on it forever (or until it quits working), I am stage IV. My first question to him will be...Oh are you saying I'm cured? Of which of course I"m not. He always says that he's never had a stage IV breast cancer patient stay disease free as long as I have with no slips...that will be another arguing point.Can any of you give me some better thoughts on this. Maybe something that other doctors have said or written that I can have all gathered together when I go in. I am not and will not be getting off my Herceptin, I feel I need it like a diabetic needs insulin. Just want to have my guns loaded so I can blast any questions he may have about how effective it is to stay on Hercepton indefinately..sherryg.

09-28-2007, 11:06 PM	#1
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	Need help in my arguments I go to see my oncologist in a couple of weeks. He kind of shocked me the last time by mentioning that it was time that I stopped all this" I think the Herceptin I've been taking weekly for almost 2 years now". He's usually pretty good about giving me what I ask for but I'd like to have some strong arguments to put at him as to why I should stay on it forever (or until it quits working), I am stage IV. My first question to him will be...Oh are you saying I'm cured? Of which of course I"m not. He always says that he's never had a stage IV breast cancer patient stay disease free as long as I have with no slips...that will be another arguing point.Can any of you give me some better thoughts on this. Maybe something that other doctors have said or written that I can have all gathered together when I go in. I am not and will not be getting off my Herceptin, I feel I need it like a diabetic needs insulin. Just want to have my guns loaded so I can blast any questions he may have about how effective it is to stay on Hercepton indefinately..sherryg. __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!