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Old 11-02-2005, 12:46 PM   #1
tammymarie1971
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OK I need you guys!!

HI, I've been doing this cancer thing since '01, mets to liver which at last scan surgery seemed to have worked! Now have mets in spine and pelvis bone. I have now had 6 herceptin/zometa infusions 3 wks apart. at first tumor marker(ca15-3) was 73 than after one treatment it was 39!! then 35...however now it has been 43, 52, & 60, I;m not sure what to make of this. The onc doesn't seem worried and because I'm at the end of a 6 cycle he is sending me for whole body ct scan ultrasound of the liver and chest x-ray. However last night I went to hear a Dr. Castillo speak he is from mexico I know some are skeptical, although my father-in-law has been to see him for advanced prostate cancer and is doing very well now and only need to go back yearly for check-ups and boosters of the meds...They do hydrogen-peroxide therapy and chelation therapy and several other things that really made sense..He also said that the patients have to want to live. He didn't come off as "I can cure anything!" Everything he said made sense. I'm seriously considering staying in San Diego and going across for a 21 day treatment plan. Please give me your thoughts!!! I wonder if I can still stay on herceptin? I feel like the big old black pit is looming over me today too, please do what you guys are so goold at and speak your mind and throw in a little encouragement too...please
Tammy
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Dx'd Dec'01 while 6mos preg. with #4. child (30yrsold)Mastectomy/AC chemo/radiation/ Recur:Mar'04 liver mets: 3 taxol/herceptin /liver resection/3 taxol/herceptin. Cured?
Recur: May'05 spine & Hip. New onc
treatment in Mexico Feb'06-Mar-06
back to Mexico June/July '06
Currently on herceptin/Zometa/Femara-recently added navelbine
Switched to arimidex Nov'06
ovaries removed June '07
ca15-3 in May'06 was 102
ca15-3 summer of '07 holding steady at 23!
ca15-3 slowly rising Dec & Jan 36, 38, 41 and Feb was 36
Feb '08 Liver, lung & Brain scan NED... bones are stable with even a couple spots gone. as compared with '06 scans
May '08 ca 15-3 is 55. Treatment is zometa, vinorelbine, herceptin and aromasin.
No signifcant changes.
Feb'09 Started Xeloda with herceptin..no more hormonals
Feb'09-June'09 tumor markers coming down again from 155 to 84
May'09 blood clots in lungs vena cava filter put in..Heparin shots daily for now.
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