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Re: womanofsteel aka Jacquie
Jen, I had the same thing in 2006 complete with drain and bag. I was jaundiced, itching and very sick. The combination of 2 stents and the biliary drain finally brought my bilirubin down to a level that would allow me to get some chemo. The chemo worked and the tumors in my liver and around my bile ducts shrank. I got the drain out and my gallbladder out 4 months later.
I know its scarey, but there is hope.
Jean
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Jean B
Inflammatory Breast Cancer 2003
A/C Taxol dose dense regimen
6 weeks radiation
1 year Herceptin
NED for 2 years and 4 months
Recurrence in July 2006 with extensive liver mets over 70%, tumor obstructing bile duct-gallbladder, mets to spine and pelvis, abdominal lymph nodes enlarged, mass on pancreas.
Hospice called in until Gemzar and Herceptin started in Aug. 2006
May 2007 pet scan shows only 1 liver lesion 1.1 cm. bone mets gone, no enlarged lymph nodes.
June 2007-Switch to Tykerb/Xeloda because markers increased
Sept 2007-tumor marker 357-2.4 cm mass on pancreas,1 cm lesion on thyroid, duodenum and more liver mets.--switch to abraxane/carboplatin/herceptin and doing much better
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