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Re: Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin
My husband called it CarboFlatten. All I can say is to go with the flow. She should do what she can, and let the rest go. Her body has to recover and for me carboplatin was the worst. She should sleep when she needs to. Don't fight it or she will be exhausted and that doesn't help recovery. Some nights I was up in the middle of the night on the computer here on the forum. I wasn't the only one. Know that it will get better.
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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