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Colleen007
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08-14-2013, 01:15 PM
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PET Scan Prep
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Colleen007
Re: PET Scan Prep
I just came from having a PET scan. They told me to avoid breads, pastas, potatoes for 24 hours beforehand (and to have a high protien diet). So, for dinner last night, I had chicken breast and...
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her2group
08-07-2013, 11:30 AM
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Neupogen Shots? Standard With Navelbine?
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Colleen007
Re: Neupogen Shots? Standard With Navelbine?
I have been on Navelbine for a few years (3 weeks on and one week off). I get Neupogen and Neulasta shots after treatments to boost the white blood counts. I have gone without, but that has meant I...
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her2group
04-23-2012, 05:08 PM
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compression fracture.......do a procedure? stage IV
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Colleen007
Re: compression fracture.......do a procedure? stage IV
Hi there,
I had vertebroplasty (similar to kyphoplasty) in 2006. I was initially diagnosed with bone mets in my spine and the initial chemo did such a good job of eating away the cancer, that it...
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her2group
01-17-2012, 08:11 AM
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new article summarizing her2+ bc treatment opptions beyond herceptin
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Colleen007
Re: new article summarizing her2+ bc treatment opptions beyond herceptin
Great info for my "arsenal". Thank you!
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her2group
06-21-2011, 11:43 AM
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Navelbine
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2,042
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Colleen007
Re: Navelbine
I have been on Navelbine for over 4 years. I also find it easy to take with my biggest side effects being low white blood count (I get Neupogen and Neulasta injections for this), heartburn, and...
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her2group
05-28-2011, 08:35 AM
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Neupogen & Neulasta Bone Pain YIKES!!!!!
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Colleen007
Re: Neupogen & Neulasta Bone Pain YIKES!!!!!
Hi Sheila,
I have been on Neupogen and Neulasta for awhile...the pain will lessen over time (or maybe I just got used to it??). Meanwhile, I used Ibuprofen...you can get a prescription for 600...
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her2group
05-11-2011, 12:34 PM
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Navelbine question
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Colleen007
Re: Navelbine question
Hi Michka,
My main side effect is low white blood count. So, I get Neupogen and Neulasta injections after each treatment (self-injected). I get Neupogen for 3 days following week 1 and week 2...
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her2group
05-09-2011, 07:44 AM
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Navelbine question
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Colleen007
Re: Navelbine question
I have been on Navelbine and Herceptin for 4 years now. My oncologist schedules my Herceptin so that when I have my Navelbine for 3 weeks on and 1 week off, my week off of Navelbine is also an off...
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her2group
02-08-2011, 12:35 PM
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Apheresis Help
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Colleen007
Re: Apheresis Help
I was having problems of no blood return from my port...when I was lying down on a bed (as opposed to one of the chairs in the infusion room), I got great return. We think it was my position. Try...
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her2group
01-20-2011, 11:55 AM
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Port doesn't return blood
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Colleen007
Re: Port doesn't return blood
Hi Marcia,
I just had the Altiplase (also called "Cath-Flo") last Friday. It is just as Elaine describes...they accesed both sides of my port then pushed it through (kind of like how they push...
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her2group
01-19-2011, 06:37 AM
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Calling all stage iv sisters
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Colleen007
Re: Calling all stage iv sisters
Passed my 5 year Stage IV mark in October (originally diagnosed at Stage IV with mets to bone and liver). And am thankful that I am HER2+ as I think that has given me many more treatment options...
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her2group
01-19-2011, 06:30 AM
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NY Times article on stage IVs with stats and singling out her2+ breast
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Colleen007
Re: NY Times article on stage IVs with stats and singling out her2+ breast
I read this article yesterday and it gave me a jolt because I have tried to not pay any attention to the statistics (I passed my 5 year mark as a Stage IV back in October and according to the stats,...
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her2group
12-17-2010, 09:02 AM
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anyone on navelbine / herceptin?
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Colleen007
Re: anyone on navelbine / herceptin?
I have been on Herceptin and Navelbine for over 3 years. Biggest side effect for me was low white counts so I get Neupogen and Neulasta shots afterwards. I get the Navelbine 3 weeks on/1 week off. ...
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her2group
10-06-2010, 06:20 AM
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experience with zometa?
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Colleen007
Re: experience with zometa?
I've been on Zometa for almost 5 years. I now get it once a quarter. Pam summed up the side effects nicely, but I wanted to add one. When I got my first infusion, I got a fever as well. I know 2...
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her2group
08-30-2010, 10:28 AM
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Aunt just diagnosed, now what?
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Colleen007
Re: Aunt just diagnosed, now what?
I also think there is something genetic in my family...just can't figure out what it is. My maternal grandmother had breast cancer, I have breast cancer and my maternal aunt (daughter of my maternal...
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her2group
08-17-2010, 04:40 PM
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How long for receptor test?
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Colleen007
Re: How long for receptor test?
I don't think it should take that long...might make sense to call your doctor.
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her2group
08-14-2010, 12:10 PM
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Joe passed on this evening
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Colleen007
Re: Joe passed on this evening
What a loss. I was always amazed at the loving gesture Joe made to Christine by setting up this website. I have learned so much...and have even found myself thinking how blessed I am that my cancer...
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her2group
08-09-2010, 08:49 AM
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absurdity of bc awareness products (funny)
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Colleen007
Re: absurdity of bc awareness products (funny)
Thanks for the laugh!
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her2group
06-18-2010, 06:31 AM
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Have to get a port - anything I should know?
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Colleen007
Re: Have to get a port - anything I should know?
I'm going to be up for a new one soon and am offering a suggestion from another woman I know who just got a new port. Put on some of your bras before surgery and make lines with a sharpie marker...
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her2group
03-24-2010, 09:19 AM
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Hope: Stage IV 6 years....gone skiing
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Colleen007
Re: Hope: Stage IV 6 years....gone skiing
KK1 - Thanks for inspiring me. I went skiing at Bretton Woods, NH on Friday and dedicated all my runs to the women on this board who are continuing to show that a Stage IV diagnosis does not mean it...
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her2group
03-14-2010, 06:14 PM
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Radioactive after FDG injection????
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Colleen007
Re: Radioactive after FDG injection????
I can only share what I have experienced...my husband comes with me to every scan and for the PET w/ FDG, he has to wait in another room. In fact, the tech who injects the FDG leaves me alone it the...
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her2group
03-03-2010, 10:30 AM
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Can I have a Herceptin infusion two weeks after another instead of three?
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Colleen007
Re: Can I have a Herceptin infusion two weeks after another instead of three?
My oncologist told me that they only do it in weekly doses and 3 week doses. So, whenever I go away, I do the weekly doses for a couple of weeks and then the week before I go away, I get the 3 week...
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her2group
01-31-2010, 03:07 PM
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Positive stories, please come out of the woods
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Colleen007
Re: Positive stories, please come out of the woods
I'll share a very short version of my story that should give you some hope. I was diagnosed in October of 2005 at age 38 while pregnant with my daughter...she turned 4 in October. I just had my...
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her2group
01-28-2010, 08:41 AM
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Advice Please
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1,889
Posted By
Colleen007
Re: Advice Please
I'm still going 4+ years after my metastatic diagnosis (liver and bones). Herceptin and Navelbine have been doing the trick for me. Good luck to your mother!
Forum:
her2group
01-20-2010, 09:58 AM
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If you have ever had Navelbine, pls reply.
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1,864
Posted By
Colleen007
Re: If you have ever had Navelbine, pls reply.
I have been on Navelbine 3 weeks on/1 week off for 2+ years now. I usually get an "80% dose" for each of those 3 weeks and get Neupogen for 3 days after each weekly treatment. If I am going away, I...
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