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StephN · 02-05-2007, 12:24 PM

A break from Herceptin does not mean I am away from this board.

There are too many great people here that I like to know how they are doing and especially that things are OK. So, when I read good news (even "stable" news) from others it gives me a lift too.

For those who are just beginning to battle or are having to go another round, I hope to help answer any queries or problems when I can.

Otherwise, my poor hubby has been down for a few days with the worst cold he has had in years. So, I have been trying to help him feel better while avoiding the bloody thing myself. He felt so bad we did not even keep discussing our immediate plans for upgrading the house or travel!

Then there is my DAD to worry about. He is having some heart problems and waited before going to his doctors. We noticed his problem at Christmas and he promptly went to his docs and is now undergoing a battery of tests to see what is the best action from here. So, as much as I want to travel right now, I feel like I need to stick close to my parents until there is more information.

Wish I could have IT ALL, but that is not in the cards right now ...

02-05-2007, 12:24 PM	#38
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Thanks for such lovely replies! A break from Herceptin does not mean I am away from this board. There are too many great people here that I like to know how they are doing and especially that things are OK. So, when I read good news (even "stable" news) from others it gives me a lift too. For those who are just beginning to battle or are having to go another round, I hope to help answer any queries or problems when I can. Otherwise, my poor hubby has been down for a few days with the worst cold he has had in years. So, I have been trying to help him feel better while avoiding the bloody thing myself. He felt so bad we did not even keep discussing our immediate plans for upgrading the house or travel! Then there is my DAD to worry about. He is having some heart problems and waited before going to his doctors. We noticed his problem at Christmas and he promptly went to his docs and is now undergoing a battery of tests to see what is the best action from here. So, as much as I want to travel right now, I feel like I need to stick close to my parents until there is more information. Wish I could have IT ALL, but that is not in the cards right now ... __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.