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Tonya,
Didn't you just start with the Taxatore? I can't remember if you're getting it every week or every three weeks. Sometimes the chemo takes a few cycles until you can actually notice a change. I did Taxatore to shrink my initial tumor which it did but it took a few cycles until we could actually notice a difference. Hang in there and try and relax. Give it some time and I'm sure when you see your oncologist on Thursday he'll have an idea of whether or not it's working.
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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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