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Tonya,
I know how hard it is to tell young children what's going on. When I was first diagnosed I told my grandson I had cancer and that the drugs I would get would kill both good DNA and the bad DNA and that I would loose my hair and probably not feel to well. He handled it very well and knew what to expect ahead of time. When I recurred in July of this year I had to tell him that I had to get treatment again -- loose the hair, etc. Children are very good at handling things as long as they are kept informed. I had Taxatore and it shrunk my tumor so I'm sure that it will knock your mets into oblivion!
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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