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Hugs and Smiles,
Angela - NC

Dx May 2003 at age 39
Lt mastectomy, no nodes
DCIS, PR- ER- Her+++
4 rounds AC
Recurrence Dec 2006 Rt lung
2/07 - 3 Brain mets - Radiation
3/07 - Carboplatin and Herceptin
8/07- mets stable. Finished Carboplatin-remain on Herceptin
12/07 - Herceptin only
5/08 - Lung mets grew - tykerb and Navilbene. Reaction to Tykerb -9/08 Herceptin again
12/08 - Lung mets growing - xeloda.
8/09 - Given Zometa for precaution
10/09 - Lung mets back plus new ones. - Put back on Xeloda.
1/10 – Began short-term disability
2/10 –Lung mets growing - Gemzar
9/2010 – Scan show tumors in lungs growing. Put on Ixempra (every 3 weeks). MRI of the brain showed a brain bleed but it had stopped bleeding.

09-29-2010, 06:37 PM	#1
Angela Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 45	Has anyone been on Ixempra I would love what side effects were experienced and if you had good results? Thanks, __________________ Hugs and Smiles, Angela - NC Dx May 2003 at age 39 Lt mastectomy, no nodes DCIS, PR- ER- Her+++ 4 rounds AC Recurrence Dec 2006 Rt lung 2/07 - 3 Brain mets - Radiation 3/07 - Carboplatin and Herceptin 8/07- mets stable. Finished Carboplatin-remain on Herceptin 12/07 - Herceptin only 5/08 - Lung mets grew - tykerb and Navilbene. Reaction to Tykerb -9/08 Herceptin again 12/08 - Lung mets growing - xeloda. 8/09 - Given Zometa for precaution 10/09 - Lung mets back plus new ones. - Put back on Xeloda. 1/10 – Began short-term disability 2/10 –Lung mets growing - Gemzar 9/2010 – Scan show tumors in lungs growing. Put on Ixempra (every 3 weeks). MRI of the brain showed a brain bleed but it had stopped bleeding.