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Pray for my husband, Please
Dear Friends:
My husband - Kent, suffered a massive stroke October 11th @ 8 o'clock in the morning. Thank God I was home and able to call 911 for help.
All these years my husband wondered why I like to read health magazines so much, well, he now needs to thanks the publishing company for putting these helpful articles out there for us to read. I remember one of the first things you need to ask a possible stroke victim is whether they know what day it is, if they do not answer or look confused, next you can ask them to smile, and if the face looks funny, crooked, then you know for sure that that person is having a stroke.
When I asked my husband to read the date off the newspaper he responded October 2nd.. Perhaps his brain was registering 11 as 1+1=2, or possibly it looked to him like a roman numeral II.
In any event, he's recuperating at a Rehabilitation Facility near the house in Poway. The center is wonderful and has excellent nurses and Physical Therapists. I'm praying for my husband's speedy recovery. I would like for him to come home before Christmas. Well see.. He's being fed through a tube and has not regain his physiological? functions. The doctors mentioned to me that's is a normal process of anyone who's suffered a massive stroke such as the one my husand had. He's also unable to communicate, however he does recognize me, my daugher and his brother who came to visit him from the Bay Area (Tiburon).
Thank you for your prayers, I know I can count on you my sisters. God Bless you All.
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1994 - rt brst, .lump, underarm node dissection,chemo+rad 1.2 cms, Grade 3.
28 nodes neg
Er,Pr, Positive HER2 status unknown
2003- Recur to rt lung.July 16 ( B-Day!)
Her2+++ Er,Pr, Negative
2003 - Aug04--Navelbine + Herceptin
2004- 2007--NED - Herceptin, only
2007 Feb-April Xeloda added to hereceptin
2007-May Back on Navelbine+Herceptin
2008-Feb-Mar 15 Ses Rad to Rt. Lung
2008- Oc 17 Add Tykerb to Herceptin
2009- June-- Discont Tykerb
2009 July 7--Current Taxol + Herceptin
2009 Dec--Discontinued treatment due to progression. Looking into cyberknife.
2010-Aug Accepted to TDM1, no SE, except liver count went up.
2010-2011 September got kicked out of the trial, due to a small spot found on lung.
2011- 2012 September thru early 2013 on Herceptin
2013- March Bone density shows small spot on 5th rib.
2013 - April 4th appt with onc. will post after discussing course of treatment.
2013-March-April Cyber knife to brain and radiation to rib. Chest --base line before chemo-CT-Scan stable for lung issue. CA2729 Normal.
2013 April Herceptin- TDMI
2013 Sept Herceptin + Perjeta . CA2729 within normal range. Brain and Pet scans October 31st. will post results.
2013 October Brain MRI- mixed response. Will see Onc/rad on Halloween.
2013 October/November Brain-MRI nothing new. Repeat MRI next year in May.
2013 December Continue Herceptin and Perjeta. Stable at the moment.
2014 February Brain MRI -clear!
2014 January Added Taxotere to Perjeta+Herceptin.
2014 March Stopped chemo-chest ct-scan next.
2014- March Scans shows tumor's larger, CA2729 higher. Discontinue Herceptin.
2014 April Perjeta+ Halaven
2014 April CA2729 went down 60 points after one cycle. Cough does not want to go away.
2014 June Continue on Perjeta + Halaven-- no more cough. Stable
2014 June Back on Herceptin + abraxane
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