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Re: Bone Mets / Bone Pain (Questions)
I have bone mets & I've had them for over 6 years now. Started out in just one rib & vertebra and now they are in most of the major bones & all vertebra.
1) bone pain - I haven't had much, sometimes feel discomfort almost like a burning or itching and aching. I think I've been lucky pain-wise
2) causes the pain? the cancer destroying the bone
3 navelbine and xeloda - they are both chemotherapys and are systemic. Hopefully they will do all of those things: remove or reduce the existing cancer, stop it from spreading.
4 prognosis - hard to say = once the cancer has metastised it's no longer curable, but it's definitely treatable and there are lots of effective treatments and new ones in trials all the time. There are many people on this site who are surviving long term with bc and mets.
I wish your cousin all the best in her journey.
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Pam
6/01 IBC er+ her2+stage IIIb; mastecomy
7/01 AC, taxol; radiation
2/02 tamoxifen
9/02 stage IV bone mets femara
1/03 taxotere/herceptin/aredia
6/03 herceptin, aredia & faslodex
1/04 navelbine, herceptin, aredia
2/05 herceptin/aredia
7/05 xeloda/herceptin/aredia
3/07 xeloda/tykerb/aredia
5/08 taxol/avastin/aredia
2/09 gemzar/herceptin/zometa
7/09 Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin, zometa
10/09 navelbine/herceptin & zometa
2/10 herceptin & tykerb & zometa
4/10 add xeloda &aromasin
10/10 dx with dermatomyiositis triggered by cancer
11/10 restart herceptin, tykerb, zometa
12/10 surgery-place rod in R femur to stabilize bone
1/11 radiation to R femur - 20 tx
2/11 2nd surgery - rod in Left femur
2/11 tx eribulen -- suspended dx brain mets
3/11 brain mets wbr 20 tx
4/11 halaven; discontine 8/11 not working
8/11 radiation to left femur 20 tx'
8-9/11 rad to lower spine
9/11 abraxane/herceptin/zometa
9/12 xeloda/herceptin/zometa
12/12 ablation of liver
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