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Lori R · 01-11-2010, 10:50 AM

Hi Adrian,
Isn't this site amazing.....Jackie has a great memory to recall that Lori R was dealing with liver mets. Quite impressive the folks on this board.

I used cryosurgery to whack down a liver met in May of 2009. We decided on a one...two punch and followed the cryosurgery with Abraxane to knock down any remaining cells. I just finished the Abraxane treatment in early November. I passed a scan in August with flying colors and will have a follow up scan in a couple of weeks. (to say I am having scanxiety is an understatement)

I am soooo hoping that I'll be able to return with good news.

I wrote a lengthy overview of the cryosurgery procedure and how relatively simple the procedure and recovery was. (at least for me).

Please let me know if you have any questions. I work full time, so I can't spend too much time on the site at work. I'll try to log in tonight when I get home.

Lori

01-11-2010, 10:50 AM	#10
Lori R Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Evergreen, Colorado Posts: 454	Re: What worked for you? Hi Adrian, Isn't this site amazing.....Jackie has a great memory to recall that Lori R was dealing with liver mets. Quite impressive the folks on this board. I used cryosurgery to whack down a liver met in May of 2009. We decided on a one...two punch and followed the cryosurgery with Abraxane to knock down any remaining cells. I just finished the Abraxane treatment in early November. I passed a scan in August with flying colors and will have a follow up scan in a couple of weeks. (to say I am having scanxiety is an understatement) I am soooo hoping that I'll be able to return with good news. I wrote a lengthy overview of the cryosurgery procedure and how relatively simple the procedure and recovery was. (at least for me). Please let me know if you have any questions. I work full time, so I can't spend too much time on the site at work. I'll try to log in tonight when I get home. Lori __________________ 2007 Oct - Diagnosed - Stage IV 5 c.m. IDC - Left Side er/pr- Her2+++ Node + 2/14 - Single Liver Met Double Mastectomy Nov - Begin T+H 2008 Feb-Complete 6 cycles- T&H- NED March - Continue - Herceptin Only April - Rads for 6 weeks 2009 Continue Herceptin - Continue NED April - Recurrance- 3 cm. Liver Met May - Cryosurgery June - November - Abraxane + Herceptin Aug - PET/CT - CTC = 0 Back to NED 2010 January - Continue NED July - Recurrance - 3 cm Liver Met CTC=1 August - Cryosurgery #2 August - November Navelbine November - Back to NED - End Navelbine 2011 Feb - Recur - 4 cm Liver Met - Same Left Lobe March Surgery it is -Couldn't get a clean margin July - Confirmed continued liver involvement August - Begin Herceptin + Tykerb October - Mixed results from H+T Add Abraxane + H + T - Nov - April 2012 January PET Scan - It's working!! April - Back to NED July - Recurrance August - Begin TDM-1 Trial (Taxol + TDM-1)