[julierene]

I have wondered the same thing. I have been NED (we think) since Mar 2006. I want to try it just to see if it will do anything to that one last peice in my liver. They say they think it's necrosis... but I sure am curious. I am of the opinion that you should go for it. My past history has been of me begging for stuff and not getting it. So this time, I think I might shop around for a new Onc if he says no. In the past, I was asking for things that really weren't approved yet. So I might wait till it's approved - then do my homework, present him with my stuff, and let him decide. If he still says no, then I will probably shop for a new Oncologist. As much as I love him, I have disagreed with his conservative approach from the begining. I can't stop wondering if I had the Herceptin when he finally let me have the Taxotere - if I would have never had another occurrance. I also wonder if I should have had radiation too... I have never regretted taking anything extra. I have always regretted not taking what I really wanted to take. He was right about Herceptin and my heart... but we got it under control with Lisinopril. So his argument was pretty much invalid. What more do I have to loose? I'm already Stage 4! I already have that weight on my shoulders that IF I had pressed harder to get those drugs it might have made a difference. I don't want to be wondering things like that ever again.