Herceptin to be Proactive?????
Since being told I have mets to the lungs, I've been doing a lot of thinking the last two days (duh). I'm going to call my oncologist tomorrow morning to see if I can't get in to see her before Friday. Also, I already know that she is going to put be back on Herceptin since her nurse already told me. I'm wondering if it would be a good idea for me when I call tomorrow to tell them that when I come in I would like to get a Herceptin infusion. I don't have my port anymore but many women on this site never had a port. I feel if I start the Herceptin right away at least I'm being proactive until we get the results of all the tests she wants to do before we throw the "big guns" at these mets. What do you guys think?
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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