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Chelee · 12-06-2009, 03:11 PM

Thanks for all the feedback...I feel a little relieved. Plus I really was not looking forward to steroids if at all possible. I'm already feeling pretty tired since this femur surgery...so I'm dreading having any added fatigue. But I'll get through it some how.

I know one of the only things my onc told me is Navy Beans can be hard on the counts as I see mentioned here. We were going to start with a wkly dose of Navelbine and see how it goes? I'll be keeping an eye on my wbc because that is what landed me in the hospital the first go around with TCH. They didn't give me my neulasta & it almost cost me my life. I see some people here get to give them selves neupogen injections. I wish my place let us do our own...that's one less trip back and forth to the cancer center.

I'm happy to hear it does sound easier to deal with them other chemo drugs. I just hope it does a good job at kicking cancers butt. (Of course thats my main focus.) I'll see how well I handle the wkly dose and then move it up to every 2 weeks if all goes well? Thanks to all of you that replied.

Chelee

12-06-2009, 03:11 PM	#7
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Are pre-meds needed... Thanks for all the feedback...I feel a little relieved. Plus I really was not looking forward to steroids if at all possible. I'm already feeling pretty tired since this femur surgery...so I'm dreading having any added fatigue. But I'll get through it some how. I know one of the only things my onc told me is Navy Beans can be hard on the counts as I see mentioned here. We were going to start with a wkly dose of Navelbine and see how it goes? I'll be keeping an eye on my wbc because that is what landed me in the hospital the first go around with TCH. They didn't give me my neulasta & it almost cost me my life. I see some people here get to give them selves neupogen injections. I wish my place let us do our own...that's one less trip back and forth to the cancer center. I'm happy to hear it does sound easier to deal with them other chemo drugs. I just hope it does a good job at kicking cancers butt. (Of course thats my main focus.) I'll see how well I handle the wkly dose and then move it up to every 2 weeks if all goes well? Thanks to all of you that replied. 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.