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Chelee · 01-10-2010, 01:29 AM

Flori, No worries...I will make sure I get checked out. But what you & Steph are both saying makes total sense. Plus this all happened after I started on the Navelbine. My counts take a serious dump the day after Navelbine...so I'm sure that has to be it. I noticed my pulse has been fine this wk...but that's because my counts have had time to re-bound this wk.

As to me being so thristy...I have a family history of diabetes so that is always my first thought. My onc & Endo both check my glucose & it's been fine. So not sure what's causing that yet?

Steph, your nurse friend is so right, makes so much sense. This really is a relief to me. I was a bit stressed when the ECHO lady started asking me about my rapid pulse. Not what you want to hear when your stage IV and don't want to be pulled off chemo. Thanks to both of you! I really appreciate it.

Chelee

01-10-2010, 01:29 AM	#11
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Had my ECHO....now what? :( Flori, No worries...I will make sure I get checked out. But what you & Steph are both saying makes total sense. Plus this all happened after I started on the Navelbine. My counts take a serious dump the day after Navelbine...so I'm sure that has to be it. I noticed my pulse has been fine this wk...but that's because my counts have had time to re-bound this wk. As to me being so thristy...I have a family history of diabetes so that is always my first thought. My onc & Endo both check my glucose & it's been fine. So not sure what's causing that yet? Steph, your nurse friend is so right, makes so much sense. This really is a relief to me. I was a bit stressed when the ECHO lady started asking me about my rapid pulse. Not what you want to hear when your stage IV and don't want to be pulled off chemo. Thanks to both of you! I really appreciate it. 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.