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Forum: her2group 12-28-2005, 08:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,129
Posted By Kristin
Thanks Shelia, I am meeting with the case worker...

Thanks Shelia, I am meeting with the case worker from Health net next Tuesday. My mom's oncologist will write a letter stating that she should not be moved, etc. I just pray she starts to show...
Forum: her2group 12-27-2005, 04:38 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,129
Posted By Kristin
Unhappy Insurance won't cover anymore rehab

My mom has been in a rehabilitation/nursing home for the past 2 1/2 weeks. She has Health Net which has been covering her stay and physical therapy. She was diagnosed with mets in the spinal fluid...
Forum: her2group 12-09-2005, 08:38 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,192
Posted By Kristin
Smile Pattz, temodar question

Are you in a clinical trial to rec. temodar or can it be prescribed now for bc patients. Your response is such great news for you and others also faced with mets to the brain. I wonder how it would...
Forum: her2group 12-03-2005, 09:01 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 810
Posted By Kristin
What about cyberknife, it works well for tumors...

What about cyberknife, it works well for tumors in the brain stem or base of the brain.
Also what about a Ommaya reservoir in her head, a port in the head to deliver chemo into the spinal fluid, it...
Forum: her2group 11-29-2005, 07:41 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 994
Posted By Kristin
Ommaya, port in head, anyone have one???

So it seems the issues with my mom walking are from mets on her spine. The doctors suggested treatment via an ommaya (a port in the head) to deliver chemo into the brain and spine. She will get...
Forum: her2group 11-28-2005, 08:19 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,189
Posted By Kristin
Need good thoughts and prayers please!

I wrote about 1 month ago regarding my mom's balance issues and how they were declining. She has brain mets that were treated 2 years ago with WBR and now some are acting up again. Well from the...
Forum: her2group 11-03-2005, 07:30 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 974
Posted By Kristin
Picture of Mom's new Grandson, my nephew

Here is a picture of my nephew, Zachary Travis. My parent's are so excited to be grandparents, this is their first grandchild. Now I get them off my back for at least a year, besides I'm only 26. ...
Forum: her2group 11-01-2005, 01:03 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,080
Posted By Kristin
Thanks StephN I'm sure my mom never went...

Thanks StephN

I'm sure my mom never went through that scoring system you were talking about. Can you tell me more about it??

I just made the brain MRI appointment for the 11th and will meet...
Forum: her2group 11-01-2005, 09:03 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,080
Posted By Kristin
Brain mets STINK!!!!

So the doctor told my mom to wait another 3 months after the last brain MRI since the untreated new 1 cm lesion appeared stable. She has not had any symptoms other than the ones from her WBR 2 years...
Forum: her2group 10-15-2005, 07:06 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,277
Posted By Kristin
HI Lisa, Great news on the PET scans. You...

HI Lisa,

Great news on the PET scans. You crack me up, because you sound like my mom, who also had WBR almost 2 years ago. She always switches words like you do for holidays, so what, she always...
Forum: her2group 10-12-2005, 07:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,182
Posted By Kristin
Hi Sue Sorry to hear about possibly having...

Hi Sue

Sorry to hear about possibly having to go through more surgery for those brain mets. My mom has had brain mets previously treated by WBR and then a new one about 1cm grew this summer, but...
Forum: her2group 10-11-2005, 01:08 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,334
Posted By Kristin
Talking My kitties

Bocci is the black tuxedo and Jasper is the black and white one. They are brothers!!!
Forum: her2group 10-07-2005, 07:25 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,337
Posted By Kristin
I am so happy for you with those great scan...

I am so happy for you with those great scan results. Enjoy the weekend trip and the lovely fall weather. This is my favorite time of year.
Huggs, Kristin
Forum: her2group 10-06-2005, 12:16 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 875
Posted By Kristin
Red face StephN

Can you tell me what the nurse at radiation said about the signals on the MRIs, enhancing vs. flair signal and what it means when there is little or no enhancing. Does this mean the tumor is...
Forum: her2group 10-06-2005, 08:25 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,129
Posted By Kristin
Great News!!!!

Congrats on your great news, I'm so happy for you:)
Sounds like you have a great staff at the rad onc office, what did she say was the difference between the enhancing and flair signal. My mom just...
Forum: her2group 10-03-2005, 06:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 843
Posted By Kristin
Talking Hormone Therapy

So my mom is Her 2+, ER+/PR-, post metpausal and she is on Herceptin currently. She had two treatments of Abraxane back in July, but then stopped due to surgery she needed to have. She decided not...
Forum: her2group 09-30-2005, 06:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 945
Posted By Kristin
My mom did wbr almost 2 years ago. She was on...

My mom did wbr almost 2 years ago. She was on decadron immediately. We found out she had brain mets due to her becoming extremely fatigued and just wanted to sleep all the time, and if you knew my...
Forum: her2group 09-28-2005, 10:20 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 967
Posted By Kristin
Poll: BC in women who had children with a solid tumor

I read an article awhile back that said women who had a child with a solid tumor, could have a connection with their breast cancer. I had a benign tumor in my bone in my leg when I was 8. My mom...
Forum: her2group 09-28-2005, 10:17 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,412
Posted By Kristin
My mom, diagnosed in Spring 1999, Left handed,...

My mom, diagnosed in Spring 1999, Left handed, postmetapose, ER+/PR- Her2+. No history of bc in the family. I wonder how many left handers are ER+ too, since they are claming it is estrogen driven...
Forum: her2group 09-23-2005, 10:13 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,833
Posted By Kristin
My mom just underwent surgery to remove the fluid...

My mom just underwent surgery to remove the fluid around her heart and in her lungs in July.

She was not having problems breathing, it was diagnosed through a CT scan. We went to the cardiologist...
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