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Old 02-22-2010, 03:37 PM   #1
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HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to write and say to women that are new, there is so much to live for. Today is my 4 year anniversary since diagnosis. I am a survivor/warrior! I have metastatic breast cancer since original diagnosis and I still do weekly treatments. I want to tell you to keep your head up and a smile on your face.
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DX 2-06 at 33 yrs old
4-06 Bi lateral mastectomyw/ recon
5-06 Taxol/Carbo Herceptain weekly
Have Mets in bone dx'd 1 week after surgery
5-07 Implant exchange
Chemo Holiday about 1 year
started Tykerb/Xeloda 6 days (Very sick)
Started Gemzar did 2 rounds (got very sick) In hospital 3 months w/ ARDS and TTP and CMV.
1-09 Started Navelbine/Herceptain weekly
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Old 02-22-2010, 03:42 PM   #2
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Re: HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

Congratulations, Shona, on your 4 year cancerversary! I was diagnosed at age 39, and I just marked my 5th cancerversary. Here's to many, many more for all of us!
Peace and Blessings,
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3/05 Initial dx invasive dc 2 cm lump, age 39
lumpectomy & 3 of 5 nodes +, ER+/PR+, Her2+++
alternative chemo 5/05-7/05, rad 8/05-10/05
7/06 dx mets to vertebrae, pelvis & chest lymph nodes
8/06 - 10/06 tamoxifen, herceptin, oophorectomy & zometa
11/06 PET/CT showed continued bone mets, new spot on liver
12/06 began taxotere/herceptin 1x/3 weeks,
2/07 - 2-08 NED!
3/08 progression, start taxol/herceptin weekly, monthly zometa
8/08 start ai & herceptin
12/08 - progression, start weekly navelbine/herceptin thru 6/09 & monthly zometa
7/09 - PET/CT showed improvement in spine, but 2-3 lymph nodes in chest became active
9/09 - 11/09 - weekly abraxane/herceptin
12/09 - PET/CT - chest lymph nodes resolved, progression in spine & pelvis
2/10 - 6/10 - start tykerb/xeloda, progession in spine & pelvis
7/10 - start taxotere/carboplatin/herceptin

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Old 02-22-2010, 03:55 PM   #3
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Re: HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

Thank you Liz, Now you are the inspiration for me! Are you metastatic? IF so where are they? I always love hearing from ladies that are farther out than me!!
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DX 2-06 at 33 yrs old
4-06 Bi lateral mastectomyw/ recon
5-06 Taxol/Carbo Herceptain weekly
Have Mets in bone dx'd 1 week after surgery
5-07 Implant exchange
Chemo Holiday about 1 year
started Tykerb/Xeloda 6 days (Very sick)
Started Gemzar did 2 rounds (got very sick) In hospital 3 months w/ ARDS and TTP and CMV.
1-09 Started Navelbine/Herceptain weekly
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Old 02-22-2010, 07:17 PM   #4
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Re: HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

a very big congratulations to you!
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Old 02-22-2010, 08:51 PM   #5
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Shonda,
Thanks for your great post and best wishes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 02-22-2010, 08:57 PM   #6
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Shonda,

Congrats! Today I celebrate my 2nd year (dx at 34). Hope is alive and I know you will do great!

Sarah
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Nov '07 "bloody nipple discharge" (OB-GYN "thought" I had fibrocystic breasts and told me to take 400 IU's of Vitamin E)
Note: Mother was dx w/BC in 2004 (ER/PR+ & HER2+) & mets to brain April 2007 (she passed away June 17, 2008)
2/1/08: Biopsy Dx: DCIS (age 34)
2/22/08: Surgery R-side Mast
2/28/08: 1st Path Rpt Dx: IDC 1.8cm tumor & DCIS 2.1cm
2nd Path Rep DFCI - IDC (0.9cm) & DCIS (2.1cm)
Stage 1b/Gr 3; ER+(5%), PR+(2%), HER-2+++
5/5 nodes NEG; Clear Margins
Chemo: AC 4 rnds (1st one 3/31/08) finished 6/2/08
TH (Taxol/Hercepin) 12 weeks (1st one 6/25/08) finished 9/8/08
Herceptin 9 mos (every 3 weeks) finished 6/8/09
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Old 02-23-2010, 06:25 AM   #7
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Re: HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

Congrats!!! God has also done amazing things in my life as well as I started my 5th year in January fighting this beast. I was 37 as well at diagnosis.
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3/07 6 brain mets WBR down to c-2
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1/08 mri new 9mm lesion right lower side
2/08 gamma knife 1 lesion 11/08 regamma
10/09 latent rad necrosis to brain met,
1/20/10 crani: lesion necrosis w active cells continue her add tykerb
1/11 NED just Ingrown toenail! YEAH GOD
8/11 Tykerb, herceptin weekly, elevated her2 levels, negative scans
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3/12 2 spinal metsTykerb, Herceptin
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10/12 t 2-4 shrunk t-9 grew start Xeloda, 02/13 stop xeloda,5/13 on metformin, decadron, Tykerb, iv and IT herceptin 5/30/13 total #11 #2 of 80mg dose weekly.
9/13 100mg of IT her, IV hern, 750 mg tykerb, 3mg dec.
last Mri T--3 SHRUNK t7-9 shrunk no edema. Left shift in CBC bone marrow BX negative.
10/13 Ct has shown Double left ureters with stones/cysts in them, after 3 births and lots and U/S iit takes cancer to figure out you have 2 smaller ureters going into 1 kidney!
12/13 Mri brain no new lesions, cervical and lumbar arthritis.
Tspine lesion at T3 stable, T 7-9 GROWTH lots of pain

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Old 02-23-2010, 08:14 AM   #8
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Shonda,

Thanks for offering us inspiration and Hope. Congratualations on your four year versay.

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Old 02-23-2010, 08:20 AM   #9
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Great news Shonda!! Thank you for sharing your happy day with us!
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Old 02-23-2010, 09:17 AM   #10
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Congratulations Shonda! Wishing you many many more ....
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Old 02-23-2010, 01:21 PM   #11
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Happy news.

Thanks for sharing this.

I am going to celebrate 4 years survival of what they call 'early stage her2 breast cancer next week and I am 62 and i feel truly humbled by your post Shonda.

I hope you and your lovely family enjoy many years together, I feel sure you will.

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Old 02-23-2010, 01:32 PM   #12
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Congratulations on your 4-year Anniversary!

I hope the old timers will chime in soon. You can locate many of their stories in the 'Long-term' and 'long-time' survivors threads. [use the 'Search' button']
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Old 02-24-2010, 07:33 AM   #13
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Congratulations Shonda, it's good to know you're still doing so well
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Old 02-24-2010, 08:00 AM   #14
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Re: HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

Great news! Thank you for sharing!!!!

:-) Karen
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2-09 – Age 44 -Biopsy-Cancer
3-09 – Right Quadrantectomy. Clear margins.
3 lymph nodes taken - all clear
Tumor results: Stage 1, 1.5 cm, Her2 +++
Est positive 80% - Prog 10% - Ki67 postive 30%
4-09 – Became a vegan! pH balance of body - cancer can't grow in neutral pH!
4-09 Started Herceptin & Chemo (9 weeks of Navelbine *)
* FYI - when coupled with Herceptin has the same results as more toxic chemo. No brainer!
8-09 - 30 RADS
9-09 - Said NO to hormone therapy
4-10 Finished Herceptin!!!!


7-10 PET Scan & other exams .... All clear! YIPPEE!!!!
11-10 Breast, organ Ultrasounds and lung x-rays all clear no changes ... NED!

2-25-2011 --- 2 years from surgery and NED!!!!!!
7-2011 Clear bone scan and full body and head MRI! NED! NED! NED! ;-)[/SIZE]
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Old 02-25-2010, 02:24 AM   #15
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Re: HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

This is very uplifting!!!
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age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year

as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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Old 03-01-2010, 03:35 PM   #16
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Re: HOPE!! 4 year Metastatic Young Survivor

You are an inspiration, Shonda! Thank you for posting and sharing your journey. With each message like this, I am filled with hope.
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April 08-Aug 08:Taxotere, Cytoxan, Herceptin, Zometa - complete response!
Sept 08-Dec 08: Herceptin +Zometa for maintenance.

Jan 09-April 09: Brain mets. Add Tykerb. Watch and wait.
April 09: Gamma Knife 10 brain mets, add Xeloda.
Sept 09: Gamma Knife to 1 brain met.
Nov 09- April 10: Lung progression, add Gemzar to Herceptin, Zometa.
May 10- Sept 10: HER2 Vaccine Trial

Sept 10: Add Tykerb for more brain mets.
Oct 10: Gamma Knife to 7 brain mets.
Dec 10: Switch from Zometa to Denosumab.
Jan 11: Gamma Knife to 3 brain mets.
March 11: Gemzar/Herceptin for lung/bone progression.
April 11: More brain mets - Intrathecal Herceptin
June 11: Ixempra/Herceptin for lung, soft tissue progression.
Aug 11: Gamma Knife
Sep 11: Abraxane/Herceptin
Future: NED

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Old 03-02-2010, 05:40 AM   #17
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Shonda - Thank you for posting your joy and your success. Stay strong, keep it up! I will have 9 yrs in June since dx. I didn't have mets identified from the initial dx, but mets in the bones were detected about a year later and my onc. said they were probably there all along, so similar to you I think with mets from the beginning. Wishing you many many many anniversarys.
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6/03 herceptin, aredia & faslodex
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7/09 Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin, zometa
10/09 navelbine/herceptin & zometa
2/10 herceptin & tykerb & zometa
4/10 add xeloda &aromasin
10/10 dx with dermatomyiositis triggered by cancer
11/10 restart herceptin, tykerb, zometa
12/10 surgery-place rod in R femur to stabilize bone
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Old 03-02-2010, 06:47 AM   #18
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Congratulations. Keep it up, it gives me hope that this can be controlled
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Jan 2009 Femara mets to bone aromasin and aredia
June2009: Full Histerectomy
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Scan February 2011 new onc, switch to abraxane
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Old 03-02-2010, 05:47 PM   #19
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Congrats Shonda...celebrate!!! This is an important day and milestone.
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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
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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
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Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
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2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
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Old 03-02-2010, 11:27 PM   #20
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Hi Shonda,
Just wanted to say big Congratulations on your 4 yr surviorversary. Here's to many, many more to come. I was dx two months before you so we have sort of a similar dx. They said I was stage III...but I know now I was really stage IV.
I see you started Navelbine/Herceptin...hopefully that is working for you well as it is more tolerable then other chemo regimens. Wishing you well...celebrate!

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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
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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.
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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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