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Believe51 · 01-08-2009, 12:47 PM

Friday marks the appointment for getting the big guy mapped out. I have the MRI disc that he just got done so I am armed and dangerous! Poor thing had to do this very long MRI in two days since the pain does not allow him right now to just finish in one sitting and who wants to get poked twice? He gets shots for pain beforehand but that only helps so much. Depending on the situation upon review, he may just skip the radiation and head right to chemotherapy.

Either way this is how it will go down:

Radiation Oncologist will review and map. Radiation will start Monday....

OR

On Monday we see the OncoMan anyway who will discuss our chemotherapy regime. If not radiation on Monday, chemotherapy will start on Friday.

Ed will be doing a brain MRI in two weeks to see where the brain stands. I am trying to push for Tykerb in this regime since I do not want to leave his brain unprotected. This brain issue really has me concerned now. Stubborn and repulsive nasty brain mets repeatidly.

So now, the moment we all have been waiting for......progress to once and for all to beat these awful SOB's! I leave on a positive note. I have a good feeling about what will happen for Mighty Oak, almost like God whispered in my ears. This feeling of comfort does not always happen so when it does I really 'Believe'. I believe that Ed, the Mighty Mighty Oak will conquer and reign supreme.

And Awaaaaay We Goooo!! Again.
Believe51

01-08-2009, 12:47 PM	#1
Believe51 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: RHODE ISLAND (Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008) 'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume ALWAYS BELIEVE Posts: 2,999	~Mighty Oak~Radiologist Onocolgist Appointment~1/9/09 Friday marks the appointment for getting the big guy mapped out. I have the MRI disc that he just got done so I am armed and dangerous! Poor thing had to do this very long MRI in two days since the pain does not allow him right now to just finish in one sitting and who wants to get poked twice? He gets shots for pain beforehand but that only helps so much. Depending on the situation upon review, he may just skip the radiation and head right to chemotherapy. Either way this is how it will go down: Radiation Oncologist will review and map. Radiation will start Monday.... OR On Monday we see the OncoMan anyway who will discuss our chemotherapy regime. If not radiation on Monday, chemotherapy will start on Friday. Ed will be doing a brain MRI in two weeks to see where the brain stands. I am trying to push for Tykerb in this regime since I do not want to leave his brain unprotected. This brain issue really has me concerned now. Stubborn and repulsive nasty brain mets repeatidly. So now, the moment we all have been waiting for......progress to once and for all to beat these awful SOB's! I leave on a positive note. I have a good feeling about what will happen for Mighty Oak, almost like God whispered in my ears. This feeling of comfort does not always happen so when it does I really 'Believe'. I believe that Ed, the Mighty Mighty Oak will conquer and reign supreme. And Awaaaaay We Goooo!! Again. Believe51 __________________ 9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI 6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression 10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement, NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5 12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!