[MagnoliaforJenny]

Hello all of you wonderful ladies, I've thought about you often over the course of the last few months. There were the Holidays, I myself have been laid up (non cancer related but AWFUL circumstances nonetheless). Jenny brought me dinner the night after my first surgery, she was doing quite well!! Jenny was moving right along after going thru this last round of treatment....now after only 3 months, it's back again. Her 2nd recurrence in a year.

This time there are no less than 4 large tumors, most are in her spine and one on a rib.

Her oncologist, at much urging from Jenny, finally did a PET scan....I think it's fair to say everyone is a bit perplexed the PET scan was never done, only a CAT scan. Makes one wonder if they would have announced her "in remission" at Thanksgiving so soon, but hindsight is useless right?

The oncologist has agreed to put her on Tykerb/Xeloda (thanks to this site, she asked her ONC. about these drugs!!!!) combo with a new to her chemo treatment for bone cancer (starts with an "R") beginning tomorrow. Some of you may remember she was on herceptin. Obviously that wasn't working so well!!

So, that's where our lives are and thanks to you all hopefully Jenny is on a better treatment path (PET scan and drug info. from you all helped tremendously here)

I'll keep you updated as things progress. Any helpful info. regarding side effects I can help her with? I know she's concerned about the hand foot syndrome, I also see there are issues with diarrhea too.

XOXOXO
Magnolia