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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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Brenda
NOV 2007 - 4 yr anniv.
Nov'03, dX stage 2B Dec'03, Rt side mastectomy, Her2+, ER/PR+, 10 nodes out, one node + Jan'04, Taxotere/Adria/Cytoxan x 6, NED, no Rads, Tamox. 1 year, Arimadex 3 mo., NED 14 mo. Sept'05, micro mets lungs/chest nodes/underarm node, Switched to Aromasin, T/C/H x 7, NED 6 months - Herceptin only Aug'06, micro mets chest nodes, & bone spot @ C3 neck, Added Taxol to Herceptin Feb'07, Genetic testing, BRCA 1&2 neg Apr'07, MRI - two 9mm brain mets & 5 punctates, new left chest met, & small increase of bone spot C3 neck, Stopped Aromasin May'07, Started Tykerb/Xeloda, no WBR for now June'07, MRI - stable brain mets, no new mets, 9mm spots less enhanced, CA15.3 down 45.5 to 9.3 in 10 wks, Ty/Xel working magic! Aug'07, MRI - brain mets shrunk half, NO NEW BRAIN METS!!, TMs stable @ 9.2Oct'07PET/CT & MRI show NED Spring'08 scans still show NED Sept'08 MRI shows activity in brain mets, completed 5 fractions/5 consecutive days of IMRT to zap the pesky buggers Oct'08 start tri-weekly Herceptin infusion in combo with Tykerb, and switch to tri-monthly Zometa infusion
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Rhonda (Sassy)
dx age 45
DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa
Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes
Triple Positive
4 DD A/C
12 Taxol/Herceptin
33Rads
Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk
Herceptin for total of 18 months
Lupron Monthly 4 yrs
Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!)
Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin
Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement)
Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk
Back to Arimidex for year seven
Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix
Stop Arimidex 5/13
Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa
5/14 Start Tamoxifen
3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing
5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs
9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen
3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects!
NED and no meds.......
14 YEARS NED!
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