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LisaJean,
Good luck...in reading your last post, you not only need a cardiologist, but I'm thinking that if your oncologist didn't even know that you were on your 4th treatment, you might want to find a new oncologist while you are at it. Once you finish treatments, you will continue to go for follow-ups so you should be with someone you are comfortable with and who you trust with your life.
Also, Dana mentioned Protonix and heartburn. I also get serious heartburn from my chemo and it feels like what I imagine a heart attack would feel like. So, keep that in mind too.
Colleen
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Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old)
Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted
Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go)
ER-, PR-, HER2+
Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol.
Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans).
Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks)
Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that.
June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007.
Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.
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