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Re: Rib Cancer anyone?
Hi Adriana - I am sorry to read that you are experiencing pain. I pray that it is not disease spread.
About 3 months after I felt my lump (which was originally misdiagnosed as "dense tissue"), I began experiencing sharp pain in the rib area below the breast with the lump. I had no reason to think it was mets because I had not been diagnosed with a primary. I thought it was sore muscle do to a persistent cold/cough that I had. But the pain continued and worsened. Flash forward 5 more months and I was diagnosed with widespread metastatic disease, including mets in the ribs. I'm certain they were the first mets although this can't be confirmed. So it is possible for the cancer to spread there, and in my case, it was quite painful.
The good news is that these mets had a complete response to Herceptin/chemo and have never come back.
Thinking of you and praying for benign results.
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4/17/08: Dx Stage IV at age 30 - extensive mets to liver, lungs, and bones. Er/Pr-, Her2+++
April 08-Aug 08:Taxotere, Cytoxan, Herceptin, Zometa - complete response!
Sept 08-Dec 08: Herceptin +Zometa for maintenance.
Jan 09-April 09: Brain mets. Add Tykerb. Watch and wait.
April 09: Gamma Knife 10 brain mets, add Xeloda.
Sept 09: Gamma Knife to 1 brain met.
Nov 09- April 10: Lung progression, add Gemzar to Herceptin, Zometa.
May 10- Sept 10: HER2 Vaccine Trial
Sept 10: Add Tykerb for more brain mets.
Oct 10: Gamma Knife to 7 brain mets.
Dec 10: Switch from Zometa to Denosumab.
Jan 11: Gamma Knife to 3 brain mets.
March 11: Gemzar/Herceptin for lung/bone progression.
April 11: More brain mets - Intrathecal Herceptin
June 11: Ixempra/Herceptin for lung, soft tissue progression.
Aug 11: Gamma Knife
Sep 11: Abraxane/Herceptin
Future: NED
Send me a PM if you'd like to follow my journey on Caringbridge.
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