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Sherryg683 · 12-22-2010, 10:42 PM

By rounds, I meant group of every 3 weeks. So all in all, I was on the tough stuff for 3 months. During this time, I did taxotere, every three weeks, Herceptin weekly and took xeloda for 2 weeks/off one. As far as your question about us going into "remission". I'm sure there are different medical opinions on this, us being stage IV. I usually say "cancer free" when someone asks me. I do know one of the oncologists in the group I go to told me he doesn't use the word "remission" until a patient has been cancer free for 5 years. sherryg

12-22-2010, 10:42 PM	#13
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	Re: Milestone: Just Finished 20th Taxol (Questions for Stage IVs) By rounds, I meant group of every 3 weeks. So all in all, I was on the tough stuff for 3 months. During this time, I did taxotere, every three weeks, Herceptin weekly and took xeloda for 2 weeks/off one. As far as your question about us going into "remission". I'm sure there are different medical opinions on this, us being stage IV. I usually say "cancer free" when someone asks me. I do know one of the oncologists in the group I go to told me he doesn't use the word "remission" until a patient has been cancer free for 5 years. sherryg __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!