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Re: For how long can you get chemo?
Tiffany,
If I may say, you are spending a lot of time focusing on the negatives. I guess that is natural when you are recently diagnosed. Remember that for we Her2 women, the Herceptin/ Pertuzumab treatment has often worked wonders. At this stage just concentrate on getting through the taxane and hope you can achieve the magic "stable" on these targetted treatments. When I was first diagnosed with liver mets, I was given 8 months by Dr. Google - clearly wrong. none of us can know what is going to happen, but hope is real.
Best wishes..... 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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