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eric and caryn
I'm so glad you have a plan of action. I think that helps the psyche some. I am also thrilled to hear about your oncs attitude regarding using tykerb and herceptin! I will be anxious to hear how that goes. I had xeloda with taxotere and I could always tell which was the xeloda vs. the taxotere side effects. I also had xeloda 5ish years ago when the dosing was just HIGH and caused problems. Oncs are better about playing with that on an individual basis now. I had hand/foot syndrome pretty continuously and diarrhea for the first 2 weeks-bad too, but again it was a huge dose. I had some mouth sores off and on and definitely that was better with the lower dose. It was quite effective for my huge big liver mets. I think Caryn will do just fine and be able to tolerate it all and get rid of that dumb cancer again!
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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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