Brain Mets Shrinking Yay, God!!
Yay! God!
Hooray, Penn Medicine!
Woo Hoo, Tykerb!
My MRI showed definite shrinkage in the two lesions. (Yay again!!)
In fact the smaller of the two is almost completely gone!! And the larger one looks smaller, and very unhappy. (Apparently, Gammaknife was a real buzz-kill for these tumors!!)
Even better than that...NO NEW LESIONS have popped up! That was my worst fear. But, either there weren't any other rogue cells floating around, or Tykerb is as good as it's reputation. I don't really care which...
I'M just SOOOOOO relieved! Overjoyed! Grateful!!
Thanks for all the prayers and positive energy (and good juju, Kelly!)...it all worked! The amount of love that pours out on this board never ceases to amaze me! Thanks to all of you for caring about me, and supporting me. I don't know what I'd do without you!!
Next MRI is in two months. Neck/chest/abdomen CT at the same time. Don't mean to be greedy, but I reeeaaallly hope those results are as good as these! And, in the meantime, I'm planning to let my mind rest...it needs a break from thinking about cancer, and scans.
Truly loving life tonight!
Love and hugs to all of you!
Denise
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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