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Cat · 07-02-2014, 02:48 PM

Hi Adriana,
I missed this post.
I was on abraxane for about a year and it went well. It took care of my ascites almost immediately and kept things at bay. It was well tolerated and I think I planned on day 3 maybe 4 being my "off" days even tho I could still do things. I am a home health Physical therapist and was able to work part time. Continued with home and all too. I did have some increased but stable neuropathy partially left over though so hard to tell what it was actually from. Very tolerable. Loss of hair but got lots of pretty scarves and enjoyed no bad hair days.

Hope things are going well with you and you are doing well on the abraxane.
Cathy

07-02-2014, 02:48 PM	#6
Cat Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 184	Re: Anyone on abraxane please respond Hi Adriana, I missed this post. I was on abraxane for about a year and it went well. It took care of my ascites almost immediately and kept things at bay. It was well tolerated and I think I planned on day 3 maybe 4 being my "off" days even tho I could still do things. I am a home health Physical therapist and was able to work part time. Continued with home and all too. I did have some increased but stable neuropathy partially left over though so hard to tell what it was actually from. Very tolerable. Loss of hair but got lots of pretty scarves and enjoyed no bad hair days. Hope things are going well with you and you are doing well on the abraxane. Cathy __________________ 3/06 DX stage III er-pr-her2+++ breast, 1+node age 49 and 364 days 3XAC 4X taxol and herceptin continue herceptin one year bilat mastectomy w/TRAM 32 rads 9/08 recurrance 4 sternal nodes mediastinoscopy, able to remove 3 taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin, x6 continue herceptin indefinately 5/10 recurrance in same node/area mediastinoscopy, removed nodes added tykerb 27 rads 10/18/10 PET shows inflammation no active disease 8/2011 recurrence one right mediastinal node, xeloda and proton radiation to node. D/C xeloda due to toxicity 12/5 PET scan clear 2/2012 colon blockage, breast cancer (never thought it could go there! thought I was constipated) start abraxane, herceptin, continue tykerb 10/2012 Kidney ablation (renal CA!) 3/2013 CT and biopsy R kidney (BC met to R kidney) 4/4/2013 Begin Kadcyla 7/30/13 Craniotomy cerebellar mets, 1.7cm 3cm Sept 4-6 post op cyberknife Sept 23 ablation right kidney (blow up pesky breast ca met) Oct headaches MRI Oct 10 (only surgical changes ! Yay!) Short of breath. CT, pulmonary function, echo New crap in right lung heart good. Pooh! 12/13 DC kadcyla. Begin halaven 2/14 MRI brain NED Yay! 4/3/14 CT mostly stable but breast mets r kidney growing 4/16/14 ablation right kidney again Continue halaven, tykerb dc halaven gemzar? 2nd opinion May 14