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Colleen007 · 09-05-2006, 05:35 AM

Getting the port was one of the best decisions that I made...yes, you will have a scar, but my thought is that it is just another "battle scar" in this war we are fighting! If your choice is between having to fight to find a good vein each treatment or looking at your battle scar and reminding yourself how well you are doing going through all this, it seems to me to be an obvious choice.

Colleen

09-05-2006, 05:35 AM	#14
Colleen007 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Franklin, MA Posts: 131	Getting the port was one of the best decisions that I made...yes, you will have a scar, but my thought is that it is just another "battle scar" in this war we are fighting! If your choice is between having to fight to find a good vein each treatment or looking at your battle scar and reminding yourself how well you are doing going through all this, it seems to me to be an obvious choice. Colleen __________________ Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old) Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go) ER-, PR-, HER2+ Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol. Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans). Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks) Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that. June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007. Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.