Re: Decadron Wean
That was a lot of steroids for her to be on, especially of she's only on 8 now. She probably needs to up the dose a little, then wean more slowly, like 2 mg every week-10 days. Talk to ur doc!!
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Original dx: 9/17/2010 triple negative, Stage II
Neo-adjuvant chemo of AC-T
Bilateral mastectomy and axillary node dissection. (1/11 lymph nodes +)
Tissue expanders and fill
Radiation to breast and axilla
Breast recurrence on radiation: 9/2011 now HER2 +
This time HER2 positive, started herceptin
Brain metastasis: 10/2011
Surgery to remove lesion 11/2011
All cancer gone 11/17/2011
Confident I will outlive my oncologist!!!
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