HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - That's My Excuse (and I'm stickin to it!)

Kim in CA · 08-12-2007, 10:28 AM

Just wanted you all to know that as I near my sixth anniversary of being on Herceptin that I am still kickin and doing well.

As many of you know, I am rather obcessed with horses and riding and this is the time of year that I am out there riding the trails. I just can't seem to get enough. My poor family knows that when the weather is good Mom is more than likely out on her horse!

I am attaching a photo from an endurance ride I did last weekend in the Santa Cruz mountains. Talk about beautiful, I was pinching myself the whole time! I am so proud of my precious little horse. He just turned 6 and is such a good boy. And knock wood, he has never offered to buck me off!

So, just know that even though I don't post as often as I should, there is not a day goes by that I'm not thinking of my Her2 sisters.

Kim in CA

08-12-2007, 10:28 AM	#1
Kim in CA Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: California's Gold Country Posts: 404	That's My Excuse (and I'm stickin to it!) Just wanted you all to know that as I near my sixth anniversary of being on Herceptin that I am still kickin and doing well. As many of you know, I am rather obcessed with horses and riding and this is the time of year that I am out there riding the trails. I just can't seem to get enough. My poor family knows that when the weather is good Mom is more than likely out on her horse! I am attaching a photo from an endurance ride I did last weekend in the Santa Cruz mountains. Talk about beautiful, I was pinching myself the whole time! I am so proud of my precious little horse. He just turned 6 and is such a good boy. And knock wood, he has never offered to buck me off! So, just know that even though I don't post as often as I should, there is not a day goes by that I'm not thinking of my Her2 sisters. Kim in CA Attached Images __________________ Diag. Feb 1997 4.5cm IDC <10%ER+, PR-. 5 out of 36 nodes +. Mastectomy followed by 3 rounds Adriamycin/Cytoxin. 5/1997 Hi Dose Chemo w/ Stem cell rescue. Spent 4 weeks in isolation ward. Then 6 weeks radiation. 9/2001 widespread mets to liver. 8 mos Taxotere/Herceptin brought me almost to NED. Stop Taxotere & add Femara . 11/2002 liver resection to remove spot that turned out to be necrosis. Officially NED! 7/2003 Tumor markers rising add Xeloda Disastrous reaction, 8 days hospital, but tumor markers came back to normal! June -Dec 2004 UW Vaccine Trial. 7/2005 MRI single 11mm brain met 8/2005 Gamma Knife. Brain MRI @3 months NED! 2006-2011 brain/body still NED 8/04/11 Taking Herceptin break, will monitor with tumor markers. 6/20/12 Tumor markers begin to rise. CA15-3 is 31.3 and Her2 Serum is at 17.1 Decide to repeat in one month. 7/23/12 CA15-3 now 49.3 Her2 Serum 26.8 8/6/12 Back on Herceptin CA15-3 now 76 Her2 Serum now 49 11/7/12 Add weekly Taxotere for 4 cycles 2/2013 Stopped Taxotere added Perjeta. MRI shows approx. 50% reduction liver mets. CA15-3 still elevated @ 55. Will continue on just Herceptin & Perjeta. November 2014 Continuing on Herceptin, Perjeta, and Femara indefinitely. Guess I'm NED again, but watching those tumor markers carefully! Dec. 2015 PET scan reveals mass in perirectal area of abdomen.biopsy confirms. Still Her2+, but no longer ER+. Bye bye Femara Jan 2016 Begin Kadcyla March 2016 PET scan shows tumor now barely visible, still NED everywhere else. 2016/2017 continue Kadcyla November 2017 brain MRI reveals small focus of T2 hyperintensity with possible 4mm enhancing nodule. Short term follow up MRI suggested. Stay tuned...