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Location: Southern, CA
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The chemo curls... lol
Before DX with bc...I had long very *fine straight* hair. I could NOT get it to curl nor would you see any kind of waves in it. Just long & STAIGHT. I finished chemo on 6-06. So its been a yr now since my last cycle of TCH. When my hair grew back in I have what I call the "chemo curls". lol Most of you can probably relate.
My question is...the women that runs this little shop where I bought my wigs, scarves, hats, prothesis, etc...she deals with mainly cancer patients all day long. She told me my hair will straighten back out any time now. I am curious if it really will because I was just going to go have it cut & now I am concerned about doing that IF its really going to straighten out. I have to admit though...I kind of like this short hair...its so nice to just wash and wear. Comb it back and go...I've never been able to do that. Saves me LOTS of time. Love that part of it. 
Have any of you had the "chemo curls" at first and then your hair straightened back out? If so how long did it take?
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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06-24-2007, 08:03 PM
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Location: Alaska
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One answer
Chelee,
I had waist-long slightly wavy brunette hair prior to treatment that was easy to comb and easy to wave, with just a few stray gray hairs at age 50. After treatment I really liked the curliness and decided not to cut it and see what happened. The ends have stayed quite curly but the newer hair above it has come out straight. Still brunette, but with more gray here and there. When I lost my hair I figured it would be 5 years before it was the same length and that turned out to be right on target. It is not as thick or as strong as it used to be. Keeping the curls on the ends means the ends seem to constantly be tangling up and with the hair drier than it used to be it is harder to get a brush through it without breaking it and takes much longer. (Different ages and treatments might make a difference too.)
A.A.
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06-24-2007, 08:36 PM
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I know with me I never had curls at all. my hair came back straight and thicker and darker than original.
It's so starnge how every one's hair comes back.
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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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06-24-2007, 10:17 PM
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It's been 18 months since my diagnosis and my hair is still curly. I have always worn my hair very short on sides and back but long on top and it's always been straight. I don't really like these curls at all and was hoping the new hair would grow out straight but it just keeps waving and curling...sherry
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Sherry
Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44
13+ positive lymph nodes
Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006
4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin
NED since April 2006!!
36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately
8 years NED now
Scans every year
Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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06-25-2007, 05:21 AM
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Pre chemo I had long reddish brown curly hair (that I had never liked UNTIL right before I was diagnosed go figure!). My hair came back absolutly straight and blond. The blond didnt last long and it then turned very dark with a few specks of grey. It is now just beginning to show a bit of a wave and is again turning color.....brown. I finished chemo May 2006. I have kept my hair short (easy to care for) and would like for it to stay straight but it will be what it is huh?
Bobbi
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Diagnosed 10-18-05 found during annual mamogram
Left mastectomy 10-27-05.
Sentinal node biopsy-node negative
IDC Grade 3 of 3
Tumor 2 cm margins clear
HER-2/neu 3+++
Er Pr +
Began chemo/AC every 3 weeks 12-6-05 followed by Taxol and weekly Hercpetin (Herceptin through June 2007)
Right prophlyactic mastectomy June 2006 with expanders. Due to have exchange surgery sometime end of May 2007.
Exchange surgery completed June 2007 with saline implants and nipples. Darned left implant is lopsided to the left due to the wrongly formed pocket and my wrongly formed chest wall!
Switched from Tamoxifen to Armidex in May due to menopause.
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06-25-2007, 06:01 AM
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Location: Poland Ohio just a little south of Youngstown.
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My hair has always been very thin, poker straight and blond. I finished chemo in January of this year. It's very slowly coming back but it is thick, straight and brown! I was kind of looking forward to a little bit of curl. Oh well, at least it's hair!
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Susan
Age: 61
dx: 5/25/06
2 cm/ 0 nodes
Lumpectomy rt breast on 7/26/06
ER/PR- / Her2+++
A/C x 4
finished taxotere 2/07
finished 33 rads
Herceptin finished 12/07/07 Yippee!
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06-25-2007, 07:20 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume
ALWAYS BELIEVE
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How Cute
Chelee, I do not know if this helps, but my husband was a strawberry-blonde and now it is salt & pepper. I am wondering the same. Either way it is the softest hair I ever felt!!..>Waiting For A Miracle..>Believe51
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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06-25-2007, 07:27 AM
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Location: OH
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My hair
My hair was straight before I lost it and it came back like curly lamb's hair. It took about a year to get back to my normal jaw-length style and it was just as straight as before. I found that my letting it grow the weight of the hair pulled it straight.
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06-25-2007, 09:31 AM
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Location: Rowlett, TX
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Well, I'm 5 months post chemo, and my hair is now long enough (but not thick) to go EVERY which way... Not sure if this is called 'curly'. More like 'uncontrollable' (*laugh*)
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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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06-25-2007, 10:37 AM
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Location: indianapolis, indiana
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My hair was straight before and defied curling of any kind. I am now a year from herceptin and my hair is still curly. If I keep it short it is not too bad. And it's now thicker and grayer than it was before too.
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dxd 9-04, lumpectomy,
st 1, gr 3, er,pr-, her2 +,
2 tac,33 rads,6 cmf
1 yr herceptin,
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06-25-2007, 11:42 AM
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New colour
Mine has come back - white! Silvery white!
It's not my normal colour - it's usually mid-brown with a bit of salt and pepper mixed in, which I covered with highlights.
It's a huge adjustment everytime I look in the mirror but it's kind of flattering. My husband loves it; my neighbour says it looks great. It's such a drastic change I haven't had the confidence to show it to my friends just yet because I know they're going to be shocked. It's time though. This weekend - I unveil.
And I'm going to roll with it - I've got huge silver hoop earrings and will get the makeup and primary colours/black-white combos to match.
I'm just happy to have hair again.
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06-25-2007, 11:46 AM
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chemo curls
Hi: before chemo, my hair was straight and a nice shade of brown... when it came back, I look lilke a raccoon.. My Dr. says he thinks I would make a nice looking redhead.... still making up my mind which color or what I want to do with it.... I am just glad I have hair to talk about....( no curls either) this time...
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06-25-2007, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wilmington, Del.
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I loved my chemo curls. They lasted about 8 months. My hair is straight again, the way it was pre-chemo. Enjoy chemo curl while you can.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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06-25-2007, 09:44 PM
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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being picky but overall am just so happy to have hair
First off, can I just say, I am SO grateful to just have hair now!
I used to have great thick, wavy red hair (with lots of blonde and gold highlights) before chemo (see pic below with red scarf-my avitar is after i cut it for chemo, but before it started to go) and after chemo it came back like down at 1st and was a dirty blond color. Little by little it has gotten more red and now it is clearly an auburn color, but still quite different than my color before. I have lost all of the natual shades and highlights, it is now more monotone.
As far as curls go, before I was very lucky and had very adaptable hair that was generally wavy depending on how it was styled. It came back very curly and unmanageable (see pic with my son last Thanksgiving) It was to the point that I had it straightened not long after that pic was taken.
As time has gone on and I have let it grow it seems to be getting straighter and returning to my original texture. It has been 10 mos since I finished Herceptin.
Hugs,
Patricia
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age 37 @ dx 7/21/05: IDC 1.5cm, grade III, Stage 1c, ER /PR+, HER2+,
7/29/05: Partial Mastectomy
dx 8/15/05: Papillary Thyroid Cancer
9/15/05: Total Thyroidectomy
A/C X 4 DD, 11 weekly Taxol + Herceptin, + 9 mos Herceptin Alone, 36x Rads, Lupron, Aromasin
7/29/07: 2 years NED :)
8/6/07 Oopherectomy (Lupron no more! :-)
Aromasin & Estring plus Synthroid and supplements
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06-25-2007, 11:51 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: LA LA Land
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Hair, hair now
Funny - give us a chance to talk about something REALLY important and everyone is so happy to weigh in. I want to talk about my hair, too.
Mine came back super curly like a french poodle. I kept cutting it and after awhile it returned to normal which was curly but not like a dog.
Thanks for asking!
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1996 cancer WTF?! 1.3 cm lumpectomy Er/Pr neg. Her2+ (20nodes NEGATIVE) did CMF + rads. NED.
2002 recurrence. Bilateral mastectomy w/TFL autologous recon. Then ACx2. Skin lymphatic rash. Taxotere w/Herceptin x4. Herceptin/Xeloda. Finally stops spreading.
2003 - Back to surgery, remove skin mets, and will have surgery one week later when pathology can confirm margins.
‘03 latisimus dorsi flap to remove skin mets. CLEAN MARGINS. Continue single agent Herceptin thru 4/04. NED.
‘04 '05 & 06 tiny recurrences - scar line. surgery to cut out. NED each time.
1/2006 Rads again, to scar line. NED.
3/07 Heartbreaking news - mets! lungs.sternum. Try Tykerb/Xeloda. Tykerb/Carbo/Gemzar. Switch Oncs.
12/07 Herceptin.Tykerb. Markers go stable.
2/8/08 gamma knife 13mm stupid brain met.
3/08 Herceptin/tykerb/avastin/zometa.
3/09 brain NED. Lungs STABLE.
4/09 attack sternum (10 daysPHOTONS.5 days ELECTRONS)
9/09 MARKERS normal!
3/10 PET/CT=manubrium intensely metabolically active but stable. NEDhead.
Wash out 5/10 for tdm1 but 6/10 CT STABLE, PET improving. Markers normal. Brain NED. Resume just Herceptin plus ZOMETA
Dec 2010 Brain NED, lungs/sternum stable. markers normal.
MAR 2011 stop Herceptin/allergy! Go back on Tykerb and switch to Xgeva.
May-Aug 2011 Tykerb Herceptin Xgeva.
Sept 2011 Tykerb, Herceptin, Zometa, Avastin.
April 2012 sketchy drug trial in NYC. 6 weeks later I’m NED!
OCT 2012 PET/CT shows a bunch of freakin’ progression. Back to LA and Herceptin.avastin.zometa.
12/20/12 add in PERJETA!
March 2013 – 5 YEARS POST continue HAPZ
APRIL 2013 - 6 yrs stage 4. "FAILED" PETscan on 4/2/13
May 2013: rePetted - improvement in lungs, left adrenal stable, right 6th rib inactive, (must be PERJETA avastin) sternum and L1 fruckin'worsen. Drop zometa. ADD Xgeva. Doc says get rads consultant for L1 and possible biopsy of L1. I say, no thanks, doc. Lets see what xgeva brings to the table first. It's summer.
June-August 2013HAPX Herceptin Avastin Perjeta xgeva.
Sept - now - on chemo hold for calming tummy we hope. Markers stable for 2 months.
Nov 2013 - Herceptin-Perjeta-Avastin-Xgeva (collageneous colitis, which explains tummy probs, added Entocort)
December '13 BRAIN MRI ned in da head.
Jan 2014: CONTINUING on HAPX…
FEB 2014 PetCT clinical “impression”: 1. newbie nodule - SUV 1.5 right apical nodule, mildly hypermetabolic “suggestive” of worsening neoplastic lesion. 2. moderate worsening of the sternum – SUV 5.6 from 3.8
3. increasing sclerosis & decreasing activity of L1 met “suggests” mild healing. (SUV 9.4 v 12.1 in May ‘13)
4. scattered lung nodules, up to 5mm in size = stable, no increased activity
5. other small scattered sclerotic lesions, one in right iliac and one in thoracic vertebral body similar in appearance to L1 without PET activity and not clearly pathologic
APRIL 2014 - 6 YRS POST GAMMA ZAP, 7 YRS MBC & 18 YEARS FROM ORIGINAL DX!
October 2014: hold avastin, continue HPX
Feb 2015 Cancer you lost. NEDHEAD 7 years post gamma zap miracle, 8 years ST4, +19 yrs original diagnosis.
Continue HPX. Adding back Avastin
Nov 2015 pet/ct is mixed result. L1 SUV is worse. Continue Herceptin/avastin/xgeva. Might revisit Perjeta for L1. Meantime going for rads consult for L1
December 2015 - brain stable. Continue Herceptin, Perjeta, Avastin and xgeva.
Jan 2016: 5 days, 20 grays, Rads to L1 and continue on HAPX. I’m trying to "save" TDM1 for next line. Hope the rads work to quiet L1. Sciatic pain extraordinaire :((
Markers drop post rads.
2/24/16 HAP plus X - markers are down
SCIATIC PAIN DEAL BREAKER.
3/23/16 Laminectomy w/coflex implant L4/5. NO MORE SCIATIC PAIN!!! Healing.
APRIL 2016 - 9 YRS MBC
July 2016 - continue HAP plus Xgeva.
DEC 2016 - PETCT: mets to sternum, lungs, L1 still about the same in size and PET activity. Markers not bad. Not making changes if I don't need to. Herceptin/Perjeta/Avastin/Xgeva
APRIL 2017 10 YEARS MBC
December 2017 - Progression - gonna switch it up
FEB 2018 - Kadcyla 3 cycles ---->progression :(
MAY30th - bronchoscopy, w/foundation1 - her2 enriched
Aug 27, 2018 - start clinical trial ZW25
JAN 2019 - ZW25 seems to be keeping me stable
APRIL 2019 - ONE DOZEN YEARS LIVING METASTATIC
MAY 2019 - progression back on herceptin add xeloda
JUNE 2019 - "6 mos average survival" LMD & CNS new single brain met - one zap during 5 days true beam SBRT to cord met
10/30/19 - stable brain and cord. progression lungs and bones. washing out. applying for ds8201a w nivolumab. hope they take me.
12/27/19 - begin ds8401a w nivolumab. after 2nd cycle nodes melt away. after 3rd cycle chest scan shows Improvement, brain MRI shows improvement, resolved areas & nothing new. switch to plain ENHERTU. after 4th cycle, PETscan shows mostly resolved or improved results. Markers near normal. I'm stunned but grateful.
10/26/20 - June 2021 Tucatinib/xeloda/herceptin - stable ish.
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06-26-2007, 12:07 AM
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My answer
It's different for everyone. Mine came back curly and I did like it,then after 2-3 hair cuts it went back to straight just like before chemo. Good luck, at least you have hair...:-)
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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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06-26-2007, 12:40 AM
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Wow, what a mixed bag we have here. lol After reading all the posts I can see there is no way to find out which way my hair will go in time. Seems we have more curls and waves though. So strange how chemo causes this. If its going to stay wavy like this...this week I will have to break down & go to a hair salon. This will be the 1st time in my life...can you imagine that. lol I'm just thankful I have some hair on my head that is actually long enough to cut.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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06-26-2007, 08:04 AM
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Location: Acworth, GA
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Before I started chemo my hair was auburn in color with lots of natural highlights and natural curl. Not curly but I never had to use a curling iron. My hair grew back drab brown with lots of gray and straight as a poker. I've been having it trimmed every 2 months and it's still the same drab hair. My daughter told me the other day that I should color my hair! I'm just thankful that I have hair that I can complain about!
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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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06-26-2007, 05:30 PM
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chemo curls
Hi all,
Before chemo my hair was totally unmanageable. Wavy and thick on top, straighter on bottom and always wanting to go its own way. After chemo(9/05), it started to grow like crazy. I finally broke out after three months and took the wig off during a trip to Atlantic City. That gave me the confidence to go to work without the wig. The chemo curls must have done me justice. I never had so many women ask me where I got my perm. I told most of them ( who looked like they could handle it) that I got it in the oncology office (lol). Anyhow, the curls lasted about 3 haircuts. Then a few months ago the texture got like brillo. I knew it was time to go back to short hair. Now I am getting compliments on that. As all here, I am just thankful to be telling the story. Nature takes its course and we all have a different reaction. The other day I was getting a manicure. Nails don't grow since Herceptin (but, Thank God for Vitamin H). I don't go often, mostly just for the relaxation, pampering and have some good polish put on. I ran into a woman I had met there before. She is also post BC. We were talking and all of a sudden this young woman walks in and starts complaining that the hairdresser made her look like Medussa. She announced (for all to hear) that her husband would not recognize her and he would not like all these curls. This woman and I just gave eachother the knowing look, smiled and went about out business. She was so obsessed that she is probably still in the nail salon carrying on about this. Oh well. We do learn alot.
All the best,
Liz J.
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06-26-2007, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Went from fine straight brown hair with highlights to gray down to fine dark brown curls. Cut that gray stuff off right away. It's approaching 2 years since the beginning of chemo and I think the curls are getting less tight at the top of my head. I hated my curls at first but now I'm going to miss them. I received many compliments on them. Even though I need a trim, I don't want to cut the curls. My son did say I looked like a sheep, but he meant that in a nice way.
It looks like eventually our hair returns to more or less it's original condition plus some well earned gray. BB.
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