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Re: metronomic chemo
Amanda, you can't talk about leaving the game yet! Just recently you were swimming and playing football; surely the quality of life hasn't plummeted so quickly. However treatment fatigue is another thing entirely - the continual search, the side-effects, the all consuming preoccupation.... Metronomic chemo is new to me, but sounds interesting. If the doses are low, presumably it would be more easily tolerable.
It all comes down to quality of life - we don't "battle" cancer - we endure what we must and try to make the most of our time.
Good luck with the scans next week. We will all be thinking of you........ Pam
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Diagnosed 2004: Lumpectomy - 2 tumours, both grade 1 infiltrating duct carcinoma, about 12mm. ER+,
C-erbB-2 status 3+.
Clear margins, no nodal involvement.
Radiotherapy, i year Tamoxifen, 4 years Arimidex.
Rediagnosed 2012: Multiple bone metastases.
3/12: began on Marianne trial - T-DM1 + Pertuzamab/Placebo.
5/12:Unexpected development of numerous bilateral liver mets. Came off trial.
Started Docetaxol/ Herceptin + Zometa.
8/12:Bones stable +major regression in liver (!)
9/12:Can't take any more Docetaxol! Start on Herceptin and Tamoxifen. Cross fingers!
Changed to Denosumab.
11/12: Scan shows stable - yay!
11/13: Still stable :-) !!!
1/16: All stable, but lowered calcium, so switched to Zometa 3 monthly.
2/19: Happily still stable on Herceptin, Letrozole and 3 monthly Zometa.
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