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When will the medical tricorders be in?
OK, I think it's time for all those nerd Star Trek fans who are really smart engineers in real life (whether or not they still live in their parents basement) to get on the stick and perfect the medical tricorder technology.
You know, the little handheld thingy that all the Star Trek doctors just wave at you and it finds what's wrong. All with just a little humming sound. No nuclear injections, no banging MRI symphonies, no icky contrast that sullies the name "berry smoothie"! And best of all, no questionable interpretation of results! I mean, how hard can it be really to invent that?
Then as soon as they've got the initial version out, they can work on the upgrade that, with a mere wave of a wand (and a little more humming) cures whatever was wrong.
After all, we've already got the communicators and nanoparticles and my next door neighbor is working on com badges...can tricorders be far behind????
Just feeling silly and frustrated over the crazy scan "non results"!
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Chris in Scotts Valley
June 2002 extensive hi grade DCIS (pre-cancer-stage 0, clean sentinal node) Mastectomy/implant - no chemo, rads. "cured?"
9/2004 Diag: Stage IV extensive liver mets (!) ER/PR- Her2+++
10/04-3/05 Weekly Taxol/Carboplatin/Herceptin , complete response!
04/05 - 4/07 Herception every 3 wks, Continue NED
04/07 - recurrence to liver - 2 spots, starting tykerb/avastin trial
06/07 8/07 10/07 Scans show stable, continue on Tykerb/Avastin
01/08 Progression in liver
02/08 Begin (TDM1) trial
08/08 NED! It's Working! Continue on TDM1
02/09 Continue NED
02/10 Continue NED. 5/10 9/10 Scans NED 10/10 Scans NED
12/10 Scans not clear....4/11 Scans suggest progression 6/11 progression confirmed in liver
07/11 - 11/11 Herceptin/Xeloda -not working:(
12/11 Begin MM302 Phase I trial - bust:(
03/12 3rd times the charm? AKT trial
5/12 Scan shows reduction! 7/12 More reduction!!!!
8/12 Whoops...progression...trying for Perjeta/Herceptin (plus some more nasty chemo!)
9/12 Start Perjeta/Herceptin, chemo on hold due to infection/wound in leg, added on cycle 2 &3
11/12 Poops! progression in liver, Stop Perjeta/Taxo/Herc
11/12 Navelbine/Herce[ptin - try for a 3 cycles, no go.
2/13 Gemzar/Carbo/Herceptin - no go.
3/13 TACE procedure
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