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It's back...
Monday I found out my cancer returned to my rt axilla. Had a nice 3 month chemo break...but now I'm thinking I should of hit it harder with Taxotere.
So far it's only in that same one node in rt axilla and no where else that we know of? (With exception of the one stable bone met on ilium.) Also my CA27.29 has been very reliable for me and they are only 15 right now which is good. So I will be going back down to UCLA tomorrow to see Dr. Hurvitz. She works closely with Dr. Slamon as most of you here probably know. I heard she has a couple trials in mind for me & I'm sure one is TDM-1...since that is what Dr. Slamon talked to me about on prior appts.
Seems it might have been a good idea the 1st time I recurred to axilla to have the one node surgically removed...then mop it up with chemo? (Although there is risk of lymphedema.) Now that the same node has recurred for a 2nd time...wouldn't that be a good option to just have it removed & biopsied? I realize I can ask this tomorrow...but was looking to hear first hand from anyone else here that might of had that done?
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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