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Old 10-28-2014, 07:03 AM   #8
michka
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Re: Cognitive Rehabilitation

Hello Rhonda. Cognitive issues make us feel so miserable. (And doctors should listen to their patients and not think depression at first). Are you still taking Tamoxifen or another anti hormonal?
A few years back I started to have cognitive problems and it got to a point where I could hear my husband talking to me but I did not understand the meaning of his words. I would just start crying and ask him to stop talking. It was really frightening. I was wondering what was happening and thinking of a brain tumor. I called my onc and he said "stop Aromasin right away". I had been taking it for almost a year.
All my cognitive issues then disappeared. He put me on Faslodex after a break.
Of course I do not know if your "chemo brain" is linked to your initial treatment or to an antihormonal or something else. It is just to let you know it can happen because Estrogen is important for our brain.
I hope things will improve with time and rest. I am happy you were able to write about it and share your feelings with us. Stay strong.
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08.2006 3 cm IDC Stage 2-3, HER2 3+ ER+90% PR 20%
FEC, Taxol+ Herceptin, Mastectomy, Radiation, Herceptin 1 year followed by Tykerb 1 year,Aromasin /Faslodex

12.2010 Mets to liver,Herceptin+Tykerb
03.2011 Liver resection ER+70% PR-
04.2011 Herceptin+Navelbine+750mg Tykerb
06.2011 Liver ned, Met to sternum. Added Zometa 09.2011 Cyberknife for sternum
11.2011 Pet clear. Stop Navelbine, continuing on Hercpetin+Tykerb+Aromasin
02.2012 Mets to lungs, nodes, liver
04.2012 TDM1, Ned in 07.2012
04.2015 Stop TDM1/Kadcyla, still Ned, liver problems
04.2016 Liver mets. Back on Kadcyla
08.2016 Kadcyla stopped working. mets to liver lungs bones
09.2016 Biopsy to liver. no more HER2, still ER+
09.2016 CMF Afinitor/Aromasin/ Xgeva.Met to eye muscle Cyberknife
01.2017 Gemzar/Carboplatin/ Ibrance/Faslodex then Taxotere
02.2017 30 micro mets to brain breathing getting worse and worse
04.2017 Liquid biopsy/CTC indicates HER2 again. Start Herceptin with Halaven
06.2017 all tumors shrunk 60% . more micro mets to brain (1mm mets) no symptoms
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