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karen...
I'm so sorry this is happening. I support all of Tom's and Shelia's thoughts. They have made suggestions for looking at this situation in a number of ways. I had great success with xeloda/taxotere/herceptin when my liver was a tumor. In some cases tumor markers will rise at the beginning of a treatment due to cell die-off, but I see that growth has been measured. I would give it another round and investigate the suggestions given here in the meantime.
Please take good care of yourself-eat well, supplement if you can, visualize, journal, therapy-whatever. This is your time to healthfully indulge yourself.
Please keep us posted and share your concerns.
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with love and gratitude,
joy
dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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