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Re: Tykerb: Time of day
I am starting Tykerb tonight. I plan to try it at night before bed first and see how that goes. I am also hungry first thing when I wake up, so nighttime is better for me. If I have any problems, I will switch to mornings before breakfast.
I do have a question though. For those of you who take it at night, can you get that hour or so of problems out of the way earlier if you get up earlier? Or does it hit a certain number of hours after you take the drug? I am not sure what triggers it. If it's just your body waking up and getting upright, I think that will work ok for me. I have to get kids up and out for school in the morning, so I'll need to set my alarm to get up earlier each morning. Hmmm...now that I think about it, maybe that won't work as well! I guess I'll have to figure it out as I go along.
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March 2010: Diagnosed with Stage IIIC IDC with axillary, mammary and suplaclavicular node involvement. ER/PR -, HER2+++. 7cm tumor in right breast.
April 2010: Started neoadjuvent chemo. 4 DD A/C every 2 weeks, 4 DD Taxotere every 3 weeks with Herceptin weekly.
August 2010: Finished chemo!
August 20, 2010: PET/CT showed no cancer in any nodes, and only a little uptake to the breast.
September 9, 2010: Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction with implants and Alloderm.
September 16, 2010: Pathology report showed 18/51 positive axillary nodes, 3.2cm tumor. Granual sized cancer found in the fatty tissue between levels 1 and 2.
October 19, 2010: CT showed several spots on lungs and 1 spot on liver. Liver spot is 2mm, lung spots range from 2mm to 4mm. We don't know if they are cancer or not.
12/15/10: Brain MRI clear
1/7/11: PET/CT
1/13/11: Recurrence in lungs. Start Tykerb
5/13/11: Progression in lungs
6/3/11: Lung surgery to get tumors for chemosensitivity testing.
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