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Believe51 · 05-18-2009, 11:26 PM

Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers, it has given us the courage to make this happen.

Kavy, thank you so much for the post I can not tell you what it did for us both. Ed is currently taking the Ixempra alone but I am contemplating adding Herceptin to the mix. With his particular genetics I am not sure it will do any good. Seems like Herceptin did not protect him as well as we wished but I would like the 'idea' that it may do something. I will surely pm you soon, appreciate the offer.

I will make a special update post for others to be able to follow the Ixempra journey. I will put details in it for everyone too. I have heard and seen many wonderful things that this drug is doing. Sharing is caring and I am sure our posts will certainly help others as they search for their magic bullets.

I so appreciate you all>>Believe51

05-18-2009, 11:26 PM	#28
Believe51 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: RHODE ISLAND (Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008) 'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume ALWAYS BELIEVE Posts: 2,999	Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers, it has given us the courage to make this happen. Kavy, thank you so much for the post I can not tell you what it did for us both. Ed is currently taking the Ixempra alone but I am contemplating adding Herceptin to the mix. With his particular genetics I am not sure it will do any good. Seems like Herceptin did not protect him as well as we wished but I would like the 'idea' that it may do something. I will surely pm you soon, appreciate the offer. I will make a special update post for others to be able to follow the Ixempra journey. I will put details in it for everyone too. I have heard and seen many wonderful things that this drug is doing. Sharing is caring and I am sure our posts will certainly help others as they search for their magic bullets. I so appreciate you all>>Believe51 __________________ 9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI 6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression 10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement, NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5 12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!