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Retrying chemo-what does your onc say?
I am in desperate need of help for my mom. Her PET today shows progression on Gemzar/Herceptin. She just was admitted to the hospital (went straight from the PET via ambulance) b/c her oxygen sat dropped to 83% while on 4 liters of O2.
She's been on, and failed, every chemo there is over the past 5 1/2 years. The onc is willing to try Taxol/Tykerb just to pacify us, but says that once a patient is chemo resistant, she is resistant to ALL chemos.
I know some oncs will retry chemos and some won't, but I don't know what the majority of them say. I don't want to be unrealistic about my mom's situation, but I also don't want to give up too soon.
I appreciate your input.
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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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