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DianneS · 11-06-2009, 05:07 PM

Chelee,

It's YOUR body, so you need to do what your gut feeling is telling you to do. I just submitted a thread about bone mets, osteoporosis and strontium. It may help to stabilize the bone until you can get surgery. If the strontium isn't for you I would say stick with the walker, keep weight off the leg and get going with chemo. Have they suggested that chemo may shrink the tumor on the bone? What does Dr.Slamon say?

Dianne

11-06-2009, 05:07 PM	#5
DianneS Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 327	Re: Trt stopped, & now a wheelchair & walker... Chelee, It's YOUR body, so you need to do what your gut feeling is telling you to do. I just submitted a thread about bone mets, osteoporosis and strontium. It may help to stabilize the bone until you can get surgery. If the strontium isn't for you I would say stick with the walker, keep weight off the leg and get going with chemo. Have they suggested that chemo may shrink the tumor on the bone? What does Dr.Slamon say? Dianne __________________ Three years and 5 months NED Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm Grade 3 8/9 Richardson/Bloom test ER+ weakly positive Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy) PR-, HER2 positive +++ No vascular invasion No lymph nodes involved Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!