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Chelee · 07-10-2011, 05:13 PM

Hi Pam,
I see my onc tomorrow and was going to ask about the chemo/rads issue? I have no idea if I can do both at the same time? I think with some chemo's you can? When I was doing Navelbine one time they let me do rads to right hip. I just don't know?

I haven't seen a Radiation onc yet but plan too soon. I have no idea of how many times they will want to zap these spots? When I had the mass removed from RT hip in Nov. 09 they had me do 10 days to that hip. I've always wondered why only 10? My Rt hip is still showing uptake..so not sure how much rads does at times? If I remember right you had 15 to each femur? Did that destroy the cancer for you? How are you doing now?

I sure wish the mass on left side wasn't on the head of my femur. Seems like a bad spot to radiate. I just don't know what to do? I hate this decision making. Thanks Pam!

Chelee

07-10-2011, 05:13 PM	#23
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Need some help... Hi Pam, I see my onc tomorrow and was going to ask about the chemo/rads issue? I have no idea if I can do both at the same time? I think with some chemo's you can? When I was doing Navelbine one time they let me do rads to right hip. I just don't know? I haven't seen a Radiation onc yet but plan too soon. I have no idea of how many times they will want to zap these spots? When I had the mass removed from RT hip in Nov. 09 they had me do 10 days to that hip. I've always wondered why only 10? My Rt hip is still showing uptake..so not sure how much rads does at times? If I remember right you had 15 to each femur? Did that destroy the cancer for you? How are you doing now? I sure wish the mass on left side wasn't on the head of my femur. Seems like a bad spot to radiate. I just don't know what to do? I hate this decision making. Thanks Pam! Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options. Last edited by Chelee; 07-10-2011 at 06:19 PM..