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StephN · 08-28-2006, 06:46 PM

Hey! And happy days that you and the others don't have to visit the cancer center, hospital, clinic or whereever you were being treated. There is a period of "sweet and sour" that hangs over us when the infusions are over (hopefully for good in your case).

I am also ER and PR-, but did not have the benefit of getting Herceptin with adjuvent treatment. So my last treatment was a chemo before my cancer reappeared. Being on Herceptin for life (unless something else as good for me comes along) I really have an umbillical cord to my cancer center. But, I have actually forgotten TWO times to go take my Herceptin as 3 weeks can slip by in a flash at times. I remembered in time to get it the next day so did not mess up my schedule.

My point here is that we learn to fit the cancer into our life and not our life into the cancer. It has been a long intense road, but you have reached a Stop Light. So, time to switch gears and do whatever you can with diet and exercise to keep yourself fit and healthy. This way if the cancer does come back, you are in a better position to fight back. Otherwise, you are in better shape to enjoy what life brings your way.

Just remember: Cancer feeds on simple sugars. Learn to limit those treats, read labels, and drink tea or coffee without sweetening. This rule is easy and if your apply it, you will feel like you are taking some control.

08-28-2006, 06:46 PM	#14
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Less sugar Hey! And happy days that you and the others don't have to visit the cancer center, hospital, clinic or whereever you were being treated. There is a period of "sweet and sour" that hangs over us when the infusions are over (hopefully for good in your case). I am also ER and PR-, but did not have the benefit of getting Herceptin with adjuvent treatment. So my last treatment was a chemo before my cancer reappeared. Being on Herceptin for life (unless something else as good for me comes along) I really have an umbillical cord to my cancer center. But, I have actually forgotten TWO times to go take my Herceptin as 3 weeks can slip by in a flash at times. I remembered in time to get it the next day so did not mess up my schedule. My point here is that we learn to fit the cancer into our life and not our life into the cancer. It has been a long intense road, but you have reached a Stop Light. So, time to switch gears and do whatever you can with diet and exercise to keep yourself fit and healthy. This way if the cancer does come back, you are in a better position to fight back. Otherwise, you are in better shape to enjoy what life brings your way. Just remember: Cancer feeds on simple sugars. Learn to limit those treats, read labels, and drink tea or coffee without sweetening. This rule is easy and if your apply it, you will feel like you are taking some control. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.