Re: Update on Barb
Were not sure where to go from here the removal of fluid has made Barb more comfortable but she has started to run a slight fever again today. She had her third TDM=1 treatment Tuesday and we have a CT scan scheduled for the 26th. Its my understanding that cat scans arent recommended soon after a chemo treatment. So Im not sure what to do, is the fever a TDM-1 side effect, a pneumonia after effect, or more likely a sign of infection somewhere.Her skin mets are very ugly at this point, actually open sores. Could this cause the fever or if there are mets to the liver would that cause a fever. Shes never had a sign of activity in the liver before. I plan to get her in to see the doctor first thing tomorrow AM.
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Diag. Aug. 2010
ER- PR- Her-2 +++ Stage IV
Mets to T 6th Vertabrae
Radiation to spine
10/23/10StartNavelbine
11/19/10 Port installed
11/22/10 Started 2nd cycle
1/10/11 Finished 2nd cycle
1/24/11 Herceptin Only
3/7/11 progression, start Taxol/Herceptin
4/18/11 Skin mets appear increase treatments to weekly
rash spreads to right breast
7/5/11 enroll in TDM-1 study
7/29/11 randomly assigned Tykerb drop out of trial and start Tykerb /Herceptin no Xeloda skin mets gone Tykerb working
1/31/12 Skin mets return add Xeloda
5/9/12 Stop Tykerb skin mets back
5/17/12 Return to Navelbine/Herceptin
6/26/12 start process for TDM-1 compassionate access
8/28/12 Start TDM-1
10/9/12 third TDM-1 no response yet
10/23/12 Start Haloven
1/17/12 Start Perjeta/ Herceptin/Taxotere
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