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09-11-2006, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
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That's All Folks !!!!
I am happy to say to all that last Thurs. I completed my 6th and final chemo treatment. I want to say a big Thank You for all that were a constant source
of support and comfort. You are all such a terrific group! During the hard weeks of chemo just getting on the board and reading your posts kept me going.
I now continue to go for herceptin for one year. Which now seems so easy.
Just have a question to put out there if anyone has taken this drug for numbness of the feet. My onc. gave me Gabapentin 100 mg. 3 x per day, he said it would take weeks for the drug to work - have been on it for 2 wks. so far still have numbness in my toes. I am also taking B6 and Folic acid - anyone know of anything else? Wishing everyone Blessings and once again Thank You!
Fondly,
Jean
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09-11-2006, 07:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rowlett, TX
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Hooray and congratulations
Am doing a happy dance for you in celebration of your final cycle. Hooray!!!!!
Janet
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Janet in Rowlett Texas
Dx July 2006 IDC 1.8cm, ER-/PR- HER2+ (FISH 7), KI67 High (60%) grade 3, TOPO II neg
Aug2006: lumpectomy, SNB (4 nodes neg), Stage 1
Jan 2007: Finished 6 cycles of TCH (Taxotere, Carboplatin, Her ceptin). Then Herceptin every 3 weeks.
Feb 2007: Completed Radiation
May 2007: Stopped Herceptin due to low LVEF (49%)
July 2007: LVEF now 44% -- starting Coreg
May 2008: Heart NORMAL! Yippee.
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09-11-2006, 08:22 PM
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Location: Northern Calif.
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Yay Jean!! Herceptin should be easy compared to the chemo. I did try to take B-6 for the neuropathy, but I didn't take it regularly enough to know if it actually helped. I would say at about the 3rd mos out of chemo my numbness was gone. I really only had it in my toes on the right foot. It never got too bad.
Hugs,
Lexi
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09-11-2006, 08:26 PM
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Jean great news on being finished with chemo. Yes Herceptin is easy to handle.
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Vicki
Texas
Biopsy Dx'd 3-23-05 Age 48
MRM 4-5-05 w/ 2 tumor's 5cm, and 6 cm (right side)
IDC (poorly differentiated infiltrating ductual carcinoma)
5+/16 nodes
Stage III A
Grade 3
ER/PR-, Her2/neu ++
Ki67 78%
Begin Chemo 5-2-05 4XAC Dose Dense , 4X Abraxane Dose Dense (ended August 05)
28 Rad's ended October 13 2005
Started Herceptin Weekly August 2005 for one year
Had a Simple mastectomy left side after Mamo showed incresed micro-calcifications. Jan. 17 2006.
Brain MRI Feb.2006--All Clear
August 28, 2006 Last Weekly Herceptin.
October 2006--Colonoscopy, 6 Polyp's removed--all B9
PET Scan July 2007
Abdominal MRI Oct. 2007---2 Right Kidney Cysts
Core Biopsy-- Lump on Scar Line 1-10-08---B9
Brain MRI 6-2008--All Clear
PET/CT Scan 6-2008
Sept. 8 2008, 4CM area removed from mastectomy scar line. Proved to be B9.
PET/CT Scan-- July 2009 --All clear
August 17,2009 ---Had Port Removed
6 Years NED -- April 5,2011
DX'd with Melanoma left arm 10-10-2011
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09-12-2006, 06:48 AM
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Location: New Jersey
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three months - can do!
Lexi,
Three months will be doable - I hope that I am like you and the neuropathy goes away. I was more or less concerned that it would never leave.
Thanks so again.....each day the sun shines brighter!
Hugs,
Jean
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09-12-2006, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Philadelphia
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jean-
congrats on completing chemo...that's great news...
shell
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09-12-2006, 10:46 AM
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Location: Acworth, GA
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Jean,
The Gabapentin is generic for Neurontin. I was on Neurontin for an extended period of time before and after my back surgery. Oncologist wanted to put me on it for my neuropathy. I declined since I didn't like how it made me feel when I took it before. Maybe it'll work for you. I'm taking Lyrica for my neuropathy now and it seems to help with no side effects.
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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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09-12-2006, 10:56 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
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so happy to hear that you are through with chemo!!! YAY!!! The herceptin will be a piece of cake! I have 2 more treatments to go, one tomorrow and the last one on Oct. 4th. Now that I look back on it the past year has flown by! Day by day seems to drag on a bit however sometimes!!! Will look for your herceptin updates!!! xox Suzanps. I am filing my 4th appeal to my insurance company to pay for the Oncotype DX...grrrr
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09-13-2006, 04:42 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: St. Louis Mo
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I finished my chemo in Dec and still have very slight neuropathy in my toes. It has gotten steadily better since I got off the chemo. Hope it clears up soon and congrats on the last chemo treatment. Kool
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Kool
DX 3/05
Stage IIB 1.3cm w/ lymph node involvement
ER+++PR+, HER2+++ G3
Surgery - Left mastectomy 4/05, Lymph node removal 5/05, breast expander removal 6/05, partial thyroidectomy 7/05, Right mastectomy 1/06
Post Menopausal due to hyserectomy 2/03 (took hormone replacement)
Treatment - A/C, Taxol and Herceptin, Herceptin only (finish 10/06), Arimidex daily.
Age 50
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