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Old 09-24-2012, 12:09 PM   #1
chrisy
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Exclamation Brenda (Hutchibk) needs some love and prayers...

Hello friends,

Our fellow Her2 warrior Brenda is in some trouble and needs our support. She usually likes to keep her own issues on the downlow, but her family gave me the go ahead to post this here.

Our friend and mentor Brenda has been hospitalized with complications from (as she put it before going in) "a leetle bleeding" in the cerebellum. Over the past week, this developed into a significant hemmorhage, and although the bleeding appears to be under control for now, it has been one step forward, two steps back for the past several days.

Her family is not monitoring this site, but has set up a caringbridge site where you can go for updates and to leave messages and good thoughts for Brenda. the link is below.

I've known Brenda for many years now, and she is one tough lady - who needs a big lift right now.

Please join in surrounding her with prayers, love and support.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/Brendahutchison

Brenda, I love you like a sister. A feisty, tough, wise and loving one. May you and your family be surrounded by love and held safely in Gods arms through this. Says Chris with tears streaming down her face into the keyboard.
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Chris in Scotts Valley
June 2002 extensive hi grade DCIS (pre-cancer-stage 0, clean sentinal node) Mastectomy/implant - no chemo, rads. "cured?"
9/2004 Diag: Stage IV extensive liver mets (!) ER/PR- Her2+++
10/04-3/05 Weekly Taxol/Carboplatin/Herceptin , complete response!
04/05 - 4/07 Herception every 3 wks, Continue NED
04/07 - recurrence to liver - 2 spots, starting tykerb/avastin trial
06/07 8/07 10/07 Scans show stable, continue on Tykerb/Avastin
01/08 Progression in liver
02/08 Begin (TDM1) trial
08/08 NED! It's Working! Continue on TDM1
02/09 Continue NED
02/10 Continue NED. 5/10 9/10 Scans NED 10/10 Scans NED
12/10 Scans not clear....4/11 Scans suggest progression 6/11 progression confirmed in liver
07/11 - 11/11 Herceptin/Xeloda -not working:(
12/11 Begin MM302 Phase I trial - bust:(
03/12 3rd times the charm? AKT trial

5/12 Scan shows reduction! 7/12 More reduction!!!!
8/12 Whoops...progression...trying for Perjeta/Herceptin (plus some more nasty chemo!)
9/12 Start Perjeta/Herceptin, chemo on hold due to infection/wound in leg, added on cycle 2 &3
11/12 Poops! progression in liver, Stop Perjeta/Taxo/Herc
11/12 Navelbine/Herce[ptin - try for a 3 cycles, no go.
2/13 Gemzar/Carbo/Herceptin - no go.
3/13 TACE procedure
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