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Esther · 10-26-2005, 08:04 AM

Lyn I get alot of "I don't knows" also. I'm the sickest patient the LLU Breast Cancer Center has ever had diagnsed, my liver was shutting down, my skin was yellow, even my eyes were yellow.

In the beginning, they thought I wouldn't make it to 2 months, but were hoping for a year. At a year I celebrated by skiing in Aspen for 10 days. My liver and bone mets are now in remission, and have been on just Herceptin for 8 months now. I am almost 2 years out from original mets diagnosis.

My onc truly doesn't know what to tell me, because he hasn't had anyone go before me in this manner.

You and I are probably the new breed of walking miracles changing the face of her2+ cancer patients. In 10 years they will be able to look at us and extrapolate information to be better able to inform the patients coming after us. Who knows? We may still be here in 20-30 years telling our story.

10-26-2005, 08:04 AM	#5
Esther Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 484	Lyn I get alot of "I don't knows" also. I'm the sickest patient the LLU Breast Cancer Center has ever had diagnsed, my liver was shutting down, my skin was yellow, even my eyes were yellow. In the beginning, they thought I wouldn't make it to 2 months, but were hoping for a year. At a year I celebrated by skiing in Aspen for 10 days. My liver and bone mets are now in remission, and have been on just Herceptin for 8 months now. I am almost 2 years out from original mets diagnosis. My onc truly doesn't know what to tell me, because he hasn't had anyone go before me in this manner. You and I are probably the new breed of walking miracles changing the face of her2+ cancer patients. In 10 years they will be able to look at us and extrapolate information to be better able to inform the patients coming after us. Who knows? We may still be here in 20-30 years telling our story.