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I'm so sorry to hear about your mom, but do not loose hope. I too failed on T/X after about 8 months. However, I started on Navilbene/Herceptin in December and I seem to be responding well. Have not had a scan yet but my pain (from liver radiating to back) is gone and my liver enzymes have returned to normal. I am on this regimen weekly (3 weeks on and one week off) and find it pretty easy to tolerate (some fatigue and minor mouth sores controlled with baking soda rinses). So tell your mom to keep on fighting, we have to hang in there as there are many exciting things in the pipeline of development. We just have to stick around long enough to benefit from them.
Good luck to you and your mom, she is lucky to have someone like you on her side.
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Donna
Diagnosed 2/04 - Invasive ductal - no clean margins
node negative - er+pr+, her2++
Mastectomy 4/04 - 4 rounds AC
9/05 - mets to liver treated with carbo/ixabipelone/herceptin
3/06 - complete remission
9/06 - new liver mets, starting Taxotere/Herceptin
1/07 -Liver mets stable, staying on Herceptin
5/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting T/X
12/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting weekly Navilbene/Herceptin
4/08 - Liver progression - started Abraxane, Carbo, Tykerb and Herceptin
7/08 - Liver Progression - started Gemzar, Avastin and Tykerb
10/08 - Liver progression - starting Doxil
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