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Lolly · 03-12-2008, 08:19 PM

Well Friends,
It's not easy to tell you this news, but my skin mets started progressing on Avastin, Taxol, Carbo. This week has been busy with scans and radiation planning as we've decided to hit the buggers with the Death Rays and try to clear up this mess once and for all. The plan is for 6 weeks, then if needed back on chemo to "mop up" any remaining spots.
Ixempra is waiting in the wings, and I know there are also a few older chemos I haven't had yet, so I feel grateful there are still options for me.

This will be an ordeal to get through, but the skin mets are becoming a real problem so we must resort to big guns again.

I'm hopeful this will buy me more time, so keep me in your prayers...

<3 Lolly

03-12-2008, 08:19 PM	#1
Lolly Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,756	Skin Mets Progression, Starting Rads Next Week Well Friends, It's not easy to tell you this news, but my skin mets started progressing on Avastin, Taxol, Carbo. This week has been busy with scans and radiation planning as we've decided to hit the buggers with the Death Rays and try to clear up this mess once and for all. The plan is for 6 weeks, then if needed back on chemo to "mop up" any remaining spots. Ixempra is waiting in the wings, and I know there are also a few older chemos I haven't had yet, so I feel grateful there are still options for me. This will be an ordeal to get through, but the skin mets are becoming a real problem so we must resort to big guns again. I'm hopeful this will buy me more time, so keep me in your prayers... <3 Lolly __________________ Sept.'99 - Dx.Stage IIIB, IDC ER/PR-, HER2+++ by IHC, confirmed '04 by FISH. Left MRM, AC x's 4, Taxol x's 4, 33 Rads, finishing Tx May 2000. Jan.'01 - local/regional recurrence, Stage IV. Herceptin/Navelbine weekly till NED August 2001, then maintenance Herceptin. Right Mast. April 2002. Local/Regional recurrence April '04, Herceptin plus/minus chemo until May '07. Gemzar added from Feb.'07-April '07; Tykerb/Abraxane until August '07, back on Herceptin plus Taxotere and Xeloda Sept. '07. Stopped T/X Nov. '07, stopped Herceptin Dec. '07, started Avastin/Taxol/Carboplatin Dec. '07. Progression in chest skin, stopped TAC March '03, started radiation. Herceptin has served as the "Backbone" of my treatment strategy for over 6 years, giving me great quality of life. In 2005, I was privileged to participate in the University of Washington/Seattle HER2 Vaccine Trial.