Consult scheduled re brain mets
I got a call this morning from my radiation onocologist and have an appointment to see him tomorrow at 2:00pm. It's just the consult to discuss the CyberKnife procedure and all the other wonderful things that go along with it.
I feel fortunate to have such a great team of doctors. At least I don't have to wait around for days waiting and worrying. They are moving ahead quickly. I've been doing some reading on the CyberKnife and I think it will work for me. I'm so lucky that there is only one met and that it is only 5mm. I don't know the metric system so I guess I'm going to have to learn it.
If anyone has had CyberKnife, I'd like to know how you tolerated the procedure and also what side effects you experienced.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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