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StephN · 11-15-2012, 12:31 AM

Thanks, dear friends.

I did have the Zoster shot a couple of years back, which is said to be about 85% effective against the actual shingles virus.

Since what I am getting over (YES! that pain is receding) is not exactly caused by that virus, I was told that I needed to wait out the nerve settling down. "Wait out" is RIGHT! I have never been so disabled for so long in my life.

My massage therapist is now able to work on my knee area and help with stretching out the stiff muscles and fasia. She comes again tomorrow. We have been working on some exercises which I am able to see some improvement with.

Not yet cleared to drive, but that should come when I see my neurosurgeon this coming Monday.

11-15-2012, 12:31 AM	#29
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Re: 12 years from lumpectomy and good news Thanks, dear friends. I did have the Zoster shot a couple of years back, which is said to be about 85% effective against the actual shingles virus. Since what I am getting over (YES! that pain is receding) is not exactly caused by that virus, I was told that I needed to wait out the nerve settling down. "Wait out" is RIGHT! I have never been so disabled for so long in my life. My massage therapist is now able to work on my knee area and help with stretching out the stiff muscles and fasia. She comes again tomorrow. We have been working on some exercises which I am able to see some improvement with. Not yet cleared to drive, but that should come when I see my neurosurgeon this coming Monday. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.