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my one or two cents
which is about all I got...I have heard the same thing from two oncs regarding markers and looking for solid trends i.e. doubling/tripling. I used them for years and they are accurate for me, BUT I could no longer mentally play the rollercoaster game. So I requested that either we don't use them and the doc was cool with that or I just don't pay much attention to what is being drawn anymore. The staff can have the numbers and I don't need them. It has helped my piece of mind quite a bit. I still am crazy from living with MBC, but my craziness is on a more even ride rather than the rollercoaster like before.
Thinking of you so much.
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with love and gratitude,
joy
dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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