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hermiracles · 01-03-2009, 06:48 AM

Dearest friends sorry I haven't been around - I have been in and out of Palliative Care - and finally got some GOOD NEWS just before Christmas!

The 6 brain metastases I had in my brain have ALL GONE!! Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it myself! I think they found them in September - I went for my 2 weeks of whole brain radiation, and then returned home to commence Xeloda/Tykerb. Just before Xmas - while in PC - I had a catscan and found those mets in my brain have disappeared!!

Which is so good - as the day before they were talking about ceasing treatment as it was making me SO sick - nausea, vomitting, diarrohea - and if they did that I would probably have 2 months to live!!!!!?? SO thank God for the catscan.... and thank God for your prayers and support.

It is amazing as since I was diagnosed this time with the cancer returning HER2 - about August last year I have had nothing but bad reports... cancer spread to my hip, ribs, lung, brain... and no treatment seemed to be helping at all.

So I got to spend Xmas/New year at home with my hubby and beautiful bubbas ~
miracles do happen eh?

Now I'll wait to see the Oncologist in about 1 week - as they have ceased the Xeloda and reduced the Tycerb a little - so I'll have to see how I go on that.

Hope you all had a blessed , joyful and peaceful Xmas/New year. So grateful for each of you and this amazing group.
Blesssings all
Hermiracles

20 months and smiling walking :-))

01-03-2009, 06:48 AM	#1
hermiracles Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 309	GOOD NEWS!!..... at last! :-)) Dearest friends sorry I haven't been around - I have been in and out of Palliative Care - and finally got some GOOD NEWS just before Christmas! The 6 brain metastases I had in my brain have ALL GONE!! Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it myself! I think they found them in September - I went for my 2 weeks of whole brain radiation, and then returned home to commence Xeloda/Tykerb. Just before Xmas - while in PC - I had a catscan and found those mets in my brain have disappeared!! Which is so good - as the day before they were talking about ceasing treatment as it was making me SO sick - nausea, vomitting, diarrohea - and if they did that I would probably have 2 months to live!!!!!?? SO thank God for the catscan.... and thank God for your prayers and support. It is amazing as since I was diagnosed this time with the cancer returning HER2 - about August last year I have had nothing but bad reports... cancer spread to my hip, ribs, lung, brain... and no treatment seemed to be helping at all. So I got to spend Xmas/New year at home with my hubby and beautiful bubbas ~ miracles do happen eh? Now I'll wait to see the Oncologist in about 1 week - as they have ceased the Xeloda and reduced the Tycerb a little - so I'll have to see how I go on that. Hope you all had a blessed , joyful and peaceful Xmas/New year. So grateful for each of you and this amazing group. Blesssings all Hermiracles 20 months and smiling walking :-)) __________________ 2003 L/DCIS –> LWE: High G./Comedo - 6 nodes clear 6 wks Rx 04/07 2 miracles born ~ very grateful 06/07 Susp areas L/b 09/07 Stage 2 bilat. mastectomy R/ b. clear extens DCIS/IDC Paget’s 8 nodes clear ER(<5%) HER2+++ CT clear 11/07 Portacath - FEC 15/11/07 Stage 4 Emerg op - hip replacemt #NOF bone mets H/Taxotere 12/07 Rx to 'spots' on spine/R/hip/femur 3wkly H 2008 H+T mets to rib/sternum? Aredia CT clear! Cont. H + Aredia 07/08 1 wk Palliative Care - mets to lungs + ?1 to brain 09/08 Stop H complete Epirubicin 1wk PC new brain mets 10/08 2wks WBR 1wk PC 22/10/08 Tykerb/Xeloda 12/08 6 CEREBRAL METS COMPLETELY GONE! Rib mets down to <1cm. 01/09 Tumour markers normal! Rx to L/arm 03/09 LUNGS CLEAR (ALL NODULES GONE!), brain clear, liver clear. Bones stable! ~ THANK YOU GOD 07/09 Repeat CT Scan ~ ALL organs clear apart from bones which remain stable. I walk in gratitude. *************** Last edited by hermiracles; 01-03-2009 at 06:59 AM..