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02-09-2006, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rome, Italy
Posts: 7
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Good news!!!
I wish to share the good news with eveyone of you out there.
I had a PET/TC scan on Jan. 24, it was the first check point after the surgery and end of chemo - Taxotere/Herceptin from Aug. 3 to Dec. 6, 2005; since then and till July, I am on Herceptin alone.
I had to travel to Milan, in the north of Italy, by train - 5 hours to and 5 hours from and inbetween the PET. Let me say just that Jan. 24 has relly been a tough day. I had to go there because in Rome (capital of the country) there are only two machines in just one hospital, and I would have had to wait for 2 TWO months... There are PET/Tc scans machines in Genua (4 months wait), Turin (6 months), Naples (dunno, but at least one month wait), and in a few little hospitals in the north of the country (about 15 days wait). And we Italy are supposed to be in the G8....
Well this is not the good news obviously ;o)
Anyway, I got the results by fedex on Jan. 26, and it says that it's gone......!!!!!! They cut small 5mm. slices of me, and there's nothing. Nix, nada, niente!
YUPPIIIIIIIII!!!!!!
It also says that my response to Herceptin is OPTIMAL - Yupppiii again!!!!!
I post only now, because soon after having had the news, I left for a skiing holiday, badly needed due to extreme stress... I tested my goretex sternum protesis, very helpful on the snow!!! Goretex inside and outside, I have never skiied so well!!!!
Praise to the Lord - and thank you for the kind thoughts and the encouragement you shared.
Even if it's now two weeks since the news, I am still so happy I sing alone and smile all the time...
Oh, I do hope that my joy will pass through these words to all of you, and bring you strenght and hope and love and encouragement...
XXX Attilash
P.S. The hair is beginning to thicken and stick out in a sort of halo-can't wait for curls to happen!
PP.SS. I managed to dance a whole lesson with the cute lawyer... ;OD
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02-09-2006, 04:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 189
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Congratulations Friend in Italy!
As I am sitting here tonight waiting for scan results I can surely feel your joy. I too am waiting to yell YUPIIIIII! I was in Italy a couple of summers ago and can relate to all that traveling you had to do too. At least it's your country. We were sooooo lost! And that traffic in Rome! Insane.
God Bless!
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Cheryl
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02-09-2006, 05:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Congratulations on your scans. I can feel your happiness in the way you wrote your note. Your joy is contagious.
Have a great weekend
Becky
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02-09-2006, 05:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Melbourne Victoria
Australia
Posts: 330
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Congratulations! I have a CT scan this Monday after 6 cycles of herceptin/taxol for 1 spot on the liver. Fingers crossed for good news for me on this day so I can add my celebrations to yours.
cheers
Jackie
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02-09-2006, 06:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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Awesome News!!!!...
Attilash,
May you continue to have good health and happiness. Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
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02-09-2006, 06:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Huntington, N.Y.
Posts: 162
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its so nice to hear from you again!
I am so very happy for you, your an inspiration to us all.
Enjoy,
Maryanne
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02-09-2006, 06:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Morris, IL
Posts: 3,507
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Good news for one of us gives hope to all of us....we are all so happy for you....enjoy the great news.
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"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Hugs & Blessings
Sheila
Diagnosed at age 49.99999 2/21/2002 via Mammography (Calcifications)
Core Biopsy 2/22/02
L. Mastectomy 2/25/2002
Stage 1, 0.7cm IDC, Node Neg from 19 nodes Her2+++ ER PR Neg
6/2003 Reconstruction W/ Tissue Expander, Silicone Implant
9/2003 Stage IV with Mets to Supraclavicular nodes
9/2003 Began Herceptin every 3 weeks
3/2006 Xeloda 2500mg/Herceptin for recurrence to neck nodes
3/2007 Added back the Xeloda with Herceptin for continued mets to nodes
5/2007 Taken Off Xeloda, no longer working
6/14/07 Taxol/Herceptin/Avastin
3/26 - 5/28/08 Taxol Holiday Whopeeeeeeeee
5/29 2008 Back on Taxol w Herceptin q 2 weeks
4/2009 Progression on Taxol & Paralyzed L Vocal Cord from Nodes Pressing on Nerve
5/2009 Begin Rx with Navelbine/Herceptin
11/09 Progression on Navelbine
Fought for and started Tykerb/Herceptin...nodes are melting!!!!!
2/2010 Back to Avastin/Herceptin
5/2010 Switched to Metronomic Chemo with Herceptin...Cytoxan and Methotrexate
Pericardial Window Surgery to Drain Pericardial Effusion
7/2010 Back to walking a mile a day...YEAH!!!!
9/2010 Nodes are back with a vengence in neck
Qualified for TDM-1 EAP
10/6/10 Begin my miracle drug, TDM-1
Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
12/6/10 Started Halaven (Eribulen) /Herceptin excellent results in 2 treatments
2/2011 I CELEBRATE my 9 YEAR MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/5/11 begin Gemzar /Herceptin for node progression
2/8/2012 Gemzar stopped, Continue Herceptin
2/20/2012 Begin Tomo Radiation to Neck Nodes
2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
5/12/2012 BeganTaxotere/ Herceptin is my next miracle for new node progression
6/28/12 Stopped Taxotere due to pregression, Started Perjeta/Herceptin
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02-09-2006, 10:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Madison, Connecticut
Posts: 638
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Attilash,
Thank you for sharing your joy and great scan results. It sounds like all the travel was worth the peace of mind. We all get vicarious pleasure from your joy! Again, thank you for sharing!
Love Kim from CT
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02-10-2006, 08:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 1,055
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Congratulations, do tell us more about the lawyer. BB
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