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Re: More Brain Mets - New Plan Thoughts?
OMG, Courtney, I'm so upset at this damn disease right now. I read your post yesterday morning and have been cursing cancer ever since. But, as the others above have said, you are young, strong, an inspiration and a hero with your upbeat attitude. You will beat this again, I'm sure of it. We're all here with you.
As for specifics on what to do, Gamma Knifing the bastards sounds like a good plan. I strongly believe in the technology - on a side note, I actually had the pleasure of visiting the maker of the CyberKnife for work and learned that they're doing everything possible to advance the machine to destroy and obliterate cancer cells everywhere. So, I say you have a great plan in place.
I'll be praying for you.
Love,
Marcia
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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