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I'm glad to know, too, that the rash can abate over time. I am also grateful for everyone's tip and hints on how to deal with the breakouts. As I mentioned before, I battled acne for YEARS and only in the last 5 or so years have I had the skin I always wanted. I also have hair I like again. And while I'll admit a certain amount of vanity, it is also a matter of looking HEALTHY. It does so much for the outlook when on the outside you look healthy. I was told today at school by a friend that I looked 'radiant' for some reason. And as I posted on the main board, I think it is being off herceptin for the first time in 41/2 years. I'm pretty sure xeloda and tykerb will take care of that radiance though.
Most importantly I want this treatment to beat the snot out of the cancer, but I can't help but hope that I'll keep my hair and that my skin can eventually look the way it does now.
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with love and gratitude,
joy
dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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