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Chelee · 09-27-2009, 05:50 PM

Pam, My tumor markers jumped up once when I first started doing TCH...I worried about it but then they started going back down. So your onc might be right...it does happen.

That's nice that they will let you give yourself the neupogen injections yourself. I hated going back and forth to the cancer center just for a shot. I always asked why I couldn't take it home and do it myself...it would have saved me a trip and made life so much easier on me. That should keep your wbc up. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Hope this treatment kicks butt for you.

Chelee

09-27-2009, 05:50 PM	#10
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: update re: tumor markers rising Pam, My tumor markers jumped up once when I first started doing TCH...I worried about it but then they started going back down. So your onc might be right...it does happen. That's nice that they will let you give yourself the neupogen injections yourself. I hated going back and forth to the cancer center just for a shot. I always asked why I couldn't take it home and do it myself...it would have saved me a trip and made life so much easier on me. That should keep your wbc up. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Hope this treatment kicks butt for you. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.