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lung mets - experience varies
ummm, i was shocked at someone's post that lung mets seem easy to get rid of? huh? i think some of us cancer patients live in different worlds than others! like those that say breast cancer is a"chronic disease" - chronic for a small handful of very unique and lucky stage IVs. of course for all who never have to deal with mets, life is an entirely diferent world anyway.
I wanted to say Kate that a respected oncologist/researcher i know who specializes in bc mets told me xeloda seems to be a good chemo for lungs. indeed tykerb/xeloda was the only thing that ever worked for me, but I'm extremely recalcitrant and it only worked for 7 weeks. but i know others who've gotten at least a year out of the combo. personally i found it very easy to tolerate, and i'd had many many chemo combos before that.
just another suggestion for you, you have many many options, hang in there, one day at a time!
Theresa
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