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09-26-2012, 11:47 AM
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Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Our very dear friend has entered Hospice now, but there is no reason not to remember all the good times in the spirit she would want.
Barring a miracle, which is so fervently prayed for, her soul is making its way out of her body.
She came to Seattle a couple of years ago, spent the night at my home, and left a little of herself here.
This photo was taken last May in Austin, TX after an awesome lunch together at one of her favorite organic food cafes. This was after her previous episode in the hospital and she was getting back to her witty, gritty, life-loving self.
I am not short so this photo gives you an idea of her stature. Brenda is wearing a San Antonio Spurs shirt - a team she was almost rabid about supporting. Never missed a game.
Who else has Brenda stories to share?
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"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau
Live in the moment.
MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~
Found suspicious lump 9/2000
Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
36 rads - very little burning
3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.
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09-26-2012, 12:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: LAND OF YES!
w/home in Boca Raton, Florida
Orig from L.I., N.Y.
Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Brenda is such a remarkable Soul, I am just stunned by all this. Through the yrs, I have found her precisely as Steph describes so beautifully -- witty, gritty, abundantly open to mindbody workings and the studies that go along with that thinking, into supplements and good food, full of loving advice and right on analysis.
I've posted on the site Chrisy provided in another thread, telling us of Brenda's hospitalization. I read the hundreds of posts in her journal. They speak volumes about this adored Lady. Obviously she has touched so many, many more than I could imagine, profoundly. How blessed we are to know her.
As always, I hold out hope till the last breath, but hospice! I am shaking my head, unable to process the reality. My heart is heavy. I continue to send prayers and love to our Brenda. With one foot in the Spiritual Realm, it occurs to me, she has always been that way. A radiant Soul here on earth. A gift to all who know her. A unique human Being of rare courage. A blossoming flower in the snow.
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'95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive...
'98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!)
+ good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either...
Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...
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09-26-2012, 12:19 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Wordless and crying.....I remember about her taking us to this Mexican Restaurant in San Antonio where she loved this Mexican dinner called Enchiladas de Mole. When I got there, I could realize it was a true Mexican food restaurant and that the Mole (a sort of salsa) was made at a town located close to my hometown in Mexico. I felt honored by her as she enjoyed this Mexican dish which I love too. Brendis, sending you all my love.
Paty
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Dx. June 30th, 2006 at age 43
Lumpectomy rt breast
2.2 cm tumor, 13 nodes all negative
ER-PR+,her2+++
6 FAC
32 Rads
Dx. Lung fibrosis due to radiation
Ended 1 year herceptin in March, 2008
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09-26-2012, 12:39 PM
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Location: "Love never fails."
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
This thread has her most recent postings: http://her2support.org/vbulletin/sho...t=40043&page=2
If I remember correctly, she is the closest member (geographically) to me. Always thought we would have a chance to meet in person ...
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http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html
http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2
NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa
Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe
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09-26-2012, 12:46 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Brenda is a pioneer and is the epitome of the word - self advocate. She taught all of us what it meant - really meant. She taught us all what it means to live your life on your terms and to enjoy.
I had the great honor of meeting Brenda during a SABCS meeting that many of us Her2ers on this board attended together. Of course, when leaving the meeting, we all kinda left separately having our own flights to catch - sometimes even on separate days.
During the meeting, we exchanged cell #s so we could meet up during the meeting. Brenda took the initiative to call each of us to say goodbye. Brenda cared about everyone on this board.
I will always remember her replies to us when one of us thought something was wrong - a new lump, getting scans for a symptom etc. More likely than not, most of these fears turned out to be nothing - benign or just a symptom of old age. She would say "yippee skippy, give it a name and buy it a drink"! I will never forget this. I am crying and praying for a miracle and if anyone can pull it off, it just might be Brenda.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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09-26-2012, 12:57 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
I was not as fortunate as many of you and never met Brenda. I came to know her here at her2 support. My heart, like all the rest of you, is sad. She is on her way to peace and rest but our world will be a little less happy. My heart goes out to her and her family. May she be at peace....may her family be comforted by their wonderful memories (that no one can take fom them) and may we all here be encouraged and motivated to live as she did.....with a fighting spirit...with a heart full of love and help for others and with dignity.
I also want to say, that it amazes me how we can truly love someone we never physically met. It just goes to show the bond we share. Through good and bad we really are "sisters" on this journey.
Peace.......
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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09-26-2012, 02:08 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
heartsick.....Ceesun
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09-26-2012, 05:06 PM
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Naples FL
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Brenda
My prayers are with you. This is a sad day for all, what a life,
What a path you lead and how you were the best advocate
For yourself and all cancer survivors. I will have to adjust
My sails tonight for you.
Pat
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Diagnosed June, 06, Stage I, Grade3, ER+PR- Her2positive, No Nodes. A/C X 4. Radiation 33 with boost, Herceptin every two weeks until Nov.
07, Arimedex for 5 years. Mugas and Echo and chest xRay. Bone scan of whole Body, and Back of Brain and spine MRI.
CT scan of Lungs every six months
due to two small places. December
2009, bone scan due to bone pain.
Follow up test in 2010.
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09-26-2012, 08:46 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Although I didn't know Brenda well. Her spunk and spirit always shined through on all her posts. My heart weeps....but know she is now fully encased with her family and friends' love while getting ready for her final journey. God Bless you Brenda!
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Aug06...Dx Age 50, IDC Left Breast, 6+/16 lymph nodes, Stg 3, ER+/PR+/HER2+
Sep06-Jan07...Mediport. Chemo: AC x 4, T x 4
Dec06-Nov07...Herceptin
Feb12,2007...Surg MRM Left & SM Right, reconstruct w/expanders
Mar07-Jun07...Saline Exp
Jun07...Start Tamoxifen
Jun07-Aug07...Rad x 25
Jun07-Oct07...Persistent fevers-unknown origin
Jun07-Nov07...PT for Severe PMPS & Capsular Contracture
Nov07...Surg Capsulectomy, Gel Implants, PMPS pain gone instantly.
Feb08...NED 1st CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Feb08...2 months post surgery Caps Cont again :(
Mar08...Stop Tamoxifen. Start Arimidex.
Apr08...Sudden high fever, Hosp ICU 10 days, staph infect, emerg surg, implants removed. Outpt IVantibiotics Daily x 6 weeks
Feb11...NED 5th CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Feb12...NED 6th CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Aug12...Spotting. Surg=D&C
Sep12...STAGE IV = RARE BC METS TO UTERUS ILC ER+/PR+/HER2-Negative) (Different BC than originally diagnosed = IDC ER+/PR+/HER2+).
Sep12...Stop Arimidex. Start Afinitor & Aromasin.
Jan13...MRI = no progression no reduction
Apr13...Progression. Stop Afinitor & Aromasin.
Apr13...Start Chemo: Taxol & Carboplatin.
Nov13...Scans & Pelvic 95+% Reduction. Nueropathy>Stop chemo start Fareston.
Jan14...PET scan = no progression stable.
May14...Pelvic > Bleeding & cramps. TMs up.
May14...PET scan = uterine progression :(
May14...Stop Fareston. Start Chemo: Xeloda.
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09-26-2012, 09:01 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
What a great picture of both of you! Thanks for sharing!
Steph, great memories of the days you shared will remain in your heart forever.
I hope you are getting some pain relief and improving.
Huge Hugs!
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Aug06...Dx Age 50, IDC Left Breast, 6+/16 lymph nodes, Stg 3, ER+/PR+/HER2+
Sep06-Jan07...Mediport. Chemo: AC x 4, T x 4
Dec06-Nov07...Herceptin
Feb12,2007...Surg MRM Left & SM Right, reconstruct w/expanders
Mar07-Jun07...Saline Exp
Jun07...Start Tamoxifen
Jun07-Aug07...Rad x 25
Jun07-Oct07...Persistent fevers-unknown origin
Jun07-Nov07...PT for Severe PMPS & Capsular Contracture
Nov07...Surg Capsulectomy, Gel Implants, PMPS pain gone instantly.
Feb08...NED 1st CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Feb08...2 months post surgery Caps Cont again :(
Mar08...Stop Tamoxifen. Start Arimidex.
Apr08...Sudden high fever, Hosp ICU 10 days, staph infect, emerg surg, implants removed. Outpt IVantibiotics Daily x 6 weeks
Feb11...NED 5th CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Feb12...NED 6th CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Aug12...Spotting. Surg=D&C
Sep12...STAGE IV = RARE BC METS TO UTERUS ILC ER+/PR+/HER2-Negative) (Different BC than originally diagnosed = IDC ER+/PR+/HER2+).
Sep12...Stop Arimidex. Start Afinitor & Aromasin.
Jan13...MRI = no progression no reduction
Apr13...Progression. Stop Afinitor & Aromasin.
Apr13...Start Chemo: Taxol & Carboplatin.
Nov13...Scans & Pelvic 95+% Reduction. Nueropathy>Stop chemo start Fareston.
Jan14...PET scan = no progression stable.
May14...Pelvic > Bleeding & cramps. TMs up.
May14...PET scan = uterine progression :(
May14...Stop Fareston. Start Chemo: Xeloda.
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09-26-2012, 09:17 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
I was fortunate enough to share a couple of those dinners in San Antonio with Brenda who introduced me to mole sauce.
I would guess that Brenda's "favorite" treatment was the infamous "wack-a-mole" for brain mets!
Brenda had a "take no prisoners" attitude. I remember her more or less stalking one of the more prominent oncologists in San Antonio to elicit his help. And of course he complied!
Its hard to imagine that Brenda won't turn this around and once again flash that fantastic smile.
Really hard.
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dx age 45
DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa
Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes
Triple Positive
4 DD A/C
12 Taxol/Herceptin
33Rads
Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk
Herceptin for total of 18 months
Lupron Monthly 4 yrs
Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!)
Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin
Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement)
Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk
Back to Arimidex for year seven
Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix
Stop Arimidex 5/13
Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa
5/14 Start Tamoxifen
3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing
5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs
9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen
3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects!
NED and no meds.......
14 YEARS NED!
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09-26-2012, 10:29 PM
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Location: We presently live 1 1/2 hrs fr a city. in manitoba canada
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
All though I did not know her, I feel I knew her spirit!! It's true your spirit is making it's journey to where it needs to be.
Thank you Brenda for your wisdom and determination. You are a great educator !!
Suzanne ( be at peace)
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dx aug10/07
3 pos high, grade 3
tumor 2.5cm multifoc
bil mast recon sept 24/07
neg snb/neg lymph vascular
clear marg
chemo a/cx 4 rds
tomoxifan started feb11/08
herceptin to begin soon
herceptin completed feb/09
aromacin(A.I)for as long as i can
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09-27-2012, 01:04 AM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Here is an article I saw about Brenda below. I did not know her personally but can see she's quite a gal who continues touching many lives.
http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2010/12/12/When-living-becomes-a-fulltime-job
Thanks for sharing the photo, StephN.
Paula
P.S.
I am hoping the stat on brain mets incidence in Her2 positive cancer is incorrect in the article about Brenda--if anybody knows more about the research behind that statement, I would appreciate a discussion about the topic on another thread. I'd like to know more about it but not start a tangent in this thread giving tribute to Brenda. Thanks. |
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09-27-2012, 12:01 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
My prayers are with Brenda and her family. There is no other words I can say...
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Linda
Dxed Stage IIIC May 05, 12 pos nodes
er/pr -neg,Her -pos
LVI
Right partial mast & partial axillary dissection-June14,2005
Right modified mast-no clear margins- June 30, 2005
DD AC x4
Taxotere X4 with Herceptin
Rads x 35( 5 fields )
Left prophylactive mast( atypia & hyperplasia found ),
put on Tamoxifen x 1 yr; D/ced due to endometrial thickening
bilateral recon (saline implants)May 06
Nipple recon July 06
metformin 2010
removal of implants due to severe encapsulation, insertion of gummies 2013
Reclast Q yr
NED!!!
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09-27-2012, 05:41 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
This is so sad - I didn't know she was at this place. I haven't been here in so long...my heart breaks.
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Diagnosed 6/03 nursing daughter
Dose dense A/C 4x
Modified rad mast 8/03
IDC; 3 cm; 10+/16 nodes; ER/PR-; Her2+++
Weekly taxol w/Herceptin (off label) 12x's
40 weeks Herceptin
Radiation 33x
Reconstruction w/ implants 05 & 07
NED
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09-27-2012, 09:05 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
Brenda will always be part of our group no matter where here spirit flies. May God surround her and her family with love and peace.
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09-27-2012, 11:15 PM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
So sorry to hear about Brenda. She shared many recipes with me, I enjoyed the very green smoothies recipes. Will miss her.
Love and prayers to her and her family during this difficult time.
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1994 - rt brst, .lump, underarm node dissection,chemo+rad 1.2 cms, Grade 3.
28 nodes neg
Er,Pr, Positive HER2 status unknown
2003- Recur to rt lung.July 16 ( B-Day!)
Her2+++ Er,Pr, Negative
2003 - Aug04--Navelbine + Herceptin
2004- 2007--NED - Herceptin, only
2007 Feb-April Xeloda added to hereceptin
2007-May Back on Navelbine+Herceptin
2008-Feb-Mar 15 Ses Rad to Rt. Lung
2008- Oc 17 Add Tykerb to Herceptin
2009- June-- Discont Tykerb
2009 July 7--Current Taxol + Herceptin
2009 Dec--Discontinued treatment due to progression. Looking into cyberknife.
2010-Aug Accepted to TDM1, no SE, except liver count went up.
2010-2011 September got kicked out of the trial, due to a small spot found on lung.
2011- 2012 September thru early 2013 on Herceptin
2013- March Bone density shows small spot on 5th rib.
2013 - April 4th appt with onc. will post after discussing course of treatment.
2013-March-April Cyber knife to brain and radiation to rib. Chest --base line before chemo-CT-Scan stable for lung issue. CA2729 Normal.
2013 April Herceptin- TDMI
2013 Sept Herceptin + Perjeta . CA2729 within normal range. Brain and Pet scans October 31st. will post results.
2013 October Brain MRI- mixed response. Will see Onc/rad on Halloween.
2013 October/November Brain-MRI nothing new. Repeat MRI next year in May.
2013 December Continue Herceptin and Perjeta. Stable at the moment.
2014 February Brain MRI -clear!
2014 January Added Taxotere to Perjeta+Herceptin.
2014 March Stopped chemo-chest ct-scan next.
2014- March Scans shows tumor's larger, CA2729 higher. Discontinue Herceptin.
2014 April Perjeta+ Halaven
2014 April CA2729 went down 60 points after one cycle. Cough does not want to go away.
2014 June Continue on Perjeta + Halaven-- no more cough. Stable
2014 June Back on Herceptin + abraxane
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09-28-2012, 06:28 AM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
I hope any pain she has is being managed well. She's feisty so if anyone can prove them wrong and come out of hospice, it's our Brenda and I know we all hope for that. Everyone on this site is like a friend and it so sad to hear this news. She's a fighter and I know she "will rage against the dying of the light". I will continue to hope and think of her and Christine, such brave women as are all of you on this site. I don't want to see any of you go.
give her a big hug for me and my love,
love sarah
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09-28-2012, 08:34 AM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
This news is unbearable and leaving me with a very heavy heart - I simply love Brenda's strength and her strong spirit that always came through her posts! My prayers for her and her family.
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DX: 06-30-2007 - left breast -stage IIIB, Her2/Neu 3+++, ER weakly positive, PR-
Taxol+herceptin weekly for 3 months
FEC+herceptin every 3 weeks for 3 months
BRCA 1 and 2 - Negative
Jan 2008 - Bilateral mastectomy, prophylactic Rt. side.
Radiation for 5 weeks
Completed my yr of herceptin on 07-14-2008
Brain MRI - 3/2/09 Clean
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09-28-2012, 09:28 AM
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Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk)
I am in shock, crying and my heart is broken.
When I met Brenda all I could think was "she is so cool". She is so bright, funny, sarcastic.........and could tell the SABCS group just about anything they would ever need to know about San Antonio and just about anything else (and I did see the film on the Alamo first Brenda). Thanks Steph for the great picture. It is beautiful.
K
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