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Re: Devasted. Bad news.
I have a mets in a few bones, sternum being one of them. Also spine, sacrum, upper arm, and a rib. Right now, I receive Zometa monthly along with the taxol, Carboplatin and Herceptin which I receive three weeks on, one week off. I'm not sure how the sternum met is doing, just that my oncologist is pleased that my bones appear to show great healing over the last six months of treatment. I guess I have so much going on with my liver, I've been focusing on getting it and the breast tumors under control! I hope you will keep us posted on what your plan will be. Sorry I don't have more for you, I've just been going with the Zometa/chemo/Herceptin plan for now!
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Krissi
12/27/10 - IDC, rt breast (approx. 15 cm), lymph nodes, age 36. 1/7/11 - stage 4 IDC, extensive liver mets, Bone mets (spine, sacrum, rib, sternum, upper arm), ER-/PR-, HER2+++; 1/12/11 - port, 1/17/11- startweekly Taxol/Herceptin, monthly Zometa
3/8/11- decrease in all tumors, bones healing. 3/11- 3 wks on/1 off Taxol/Herceptin, +Zometa
6/6/11 - decrease in all tumors, healing bones, 2-4 new liver lesions. 3 wks on/1 wk off Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin, +Zometa
7/29/11 - liver progression, others stable; 8/11-drop taxol/carbo, start Navelbine
12/11 - liver progression; begin AC, drop Herceptin;
1/12 - liver enzymes normal, 2/6 results show regression in liver, stable others, but 9 tiny brain mets (largest 7 mm). Begin 13 WBRs 2/6; 2/29-start Tykerb, 3/7, start Xeloda
5/2012- liver progression and regression, liver biopsy confirms HER2+++. drop Xeloda, start Herceptin, Tykerb, Zometa.
5/2012- brain MRI shows all lesions gone except 1, 2mm shrinking!
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