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Use this site
When I become overwhelmed...you know...that feeling that you are drowning in fear, I come to this location and I......
I come to this site and I read (and reread and reread again) the positive posts of women on this site and the progress that is being made via new trials. The updates of the generous women on this site provide me with hope for new advancements.
I come to this site and I read (and reread and reread again) the posts of women that have been NED for far longer than Dr. ever would have estimated.
Then I leave, encouraged for the moment and make every effort to focus on this second and nothing more.
It is VERY difficult...thank goodness for all the support found here.
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2007
Oct - Diagnosed - Stage IV 5 c.m. IDC - Left Side er/pr- Her2+++ Node + 2/14 - Single Liver Met Double Mastectomy Nov - Begin T+H 2008
Feb-Complete 6 cycles- T&H- NED
March - Continue - Herceptin Only
April - Rads for 6 weeks
2009
Continue Herceptin - Continue NED
April - Recurrance- 3 cm. Liver Met
May - Cryosurgery
June - November - Abraxane + Herceptin
Aug - PET/CT - CTC = 0 Back to NED
2010
January - Continue NED
July - Recurrance - 3 cm Liver Met CTC=1
August - Cryosurgery #2
August - November Navelbine
November - Back to NED - End Navelbine
2011
Feb - Recur - 4 cm Liver Met - Same Left Lobe
March Surgery it is -Couldn't get a clean margin
July - Confirmed continued liver involvement
August - Begin Herceptin + Tykerb
October - Mixed results from H+T
Add Abraxane + H + T - Nov - April
2012
January PET Scan - It's working!!
April - Back to NED
July - Recurrance
August - Begin TDM-1 Trial (Taxol + TDM-1)
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