Pulmonary Embolism
Had my CT (brain/chest/abdomen) today at 7 am. Got a call from the oncologist's office at about 2 pm. It was the nurse telling me that the scan showed a pulmonary embolism. I had to go into the office and received a shot of Arixtra (blood thinner). I'm scheduled to get Herceptin tomorrow and see the nurse practioner so I should have more info tomorrow. I don't see the oncologist until next Thursday. I don't have any other results about the scan regarding the satus of lung mets but guess we have to deal with one problem at a time. Keep me in your prayers.
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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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