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My mother
I post here occasionally, but have read every day for the past five years in order to research my mother's HER2+ cancer.
After a very long journey with the disease, my mother passed away on Friday, Feb. 15.
I am still in active treatment for my HER2 neg bc, but when that ends, it will almost be a bit of culture shock for me. The past five and a half years have been consumed with first my mother's cancer, then as of last June, mine as well as hers. Our lives have revolved around the cancer center, and now that will all be stopping. It's a strange feeling.
I wanted to publicly thank Joe and Christine for their tireless dedication as bc advocates. Everything I learned about HER2 bc I learned from this site, and I am very grateful for that.
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Mother/daughter bc patients (should have signed up for spa treatments instead of chemo! Who knew?)
Mom:
dx 2002 age 62
Stage IIIB, triple positive
FACx6, tamoxifen
2004 Stage IV, started Herceptin
mets to pleura, lungs, bone
tried Arimedex, Faslodex, Zometa, Navelbine, Taxol, Taxotere, Gemzar, Carboplatin, Abraxane, Xeloda
June 2007 new mets to nodes and pericardiam
Switched from Xeloda/Herceptin to Xeloda/Tykerb
September 2007 Failed X/T. Switched back to Xeloda/Herceptin, added Gemzar
Jan 2008 Taxol/Tykerb
Feb 2008 Tykerb as a single agent
Me:
dx 2007 age 38
Stage IIA pleomorphic ILC ER/PR + HER2 -
FACx6, tamoxifen
Mom to 2, ages 6 and 9
Trying to find a new hobby besides going to the cancer center.
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