[margiermc]

Hi, I had DCIS - stage 0 - no invasive cancer, benign lymph node.
A few weeks after rad., I developed strange back pain. Went to
the ER, they found a kidney stone in the urine, then said, we need
to run a scan. Then they found liver met. Liver biopsy showed,
her2 breast cancer. I am not er, pr pos.

My chemo started after the liver met. was found. TCH - 6 rounds - my liver met. were gone after 5 weeks of chemo. Chemo ended, then herceptin every 3 wk.

After 6 mon. of ned, I became eligible for Tumor Vaccine. The vaccine did not shrink - it's just the hope of keeping it away for good.

Night sweats - happen because I did go into meno. after chemo, I'm 47. Even though I am not on tomif. or any hormone related pills,
they will not give me anything. Just sweating is not a big issue in
at my onc. office.

Tumor Markers-
The her2 serum marker test as of today is 5 and normal is anything below 12. My cea is 0. c27-14 c15-15.

Liver enzymes, both alt and ast 15.

Scans - normal.

Now I pray - and - keep busy with some hobbies, writing, ancestry
artwork, and will be going back to work in Jan. - teaching.

I have strong faith and that the Lord will take care of me - you
can visit me and see my pic. at Washington where I get my vaccine - last one is November - www.caringbridge.org/visit/margierose
my story is posted.

Basically I went from stage 0 - stage 4 - in less than 2 mon., pretty scary - but, there is some info. on my web page about DCIS and finding HER2 - can be aggressive.

Hope this explains some things, margie