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Chelee · 12-24-2010, 04:04 PM

Kathy,
I'm not sure where exactly you are with your treatment...but it sounds like you've gotten thru your surgery, chemo, rads and now on to complete your 52 wks of Herceptin? This whole journey is truly a rollercoaster ride as I'm sure you have heard it said. There really are so many ups and down physically, mentally and emotionally. It can be so rough at times . I know when I finished my chemo and just had Herceptin infusions to do I felt like I wasn't doing enough to fight my bc...that is a very normal feeling for most of us.

If you could give a little more detail about where your at with your treatment we could help you out more. As to diagnosing yourself with all kinds of things...we all pretty much do that...comes with the territory I'm afraid. Once you are dx with bc every ache and pain is a cause of concern. A bc dx turns our world upside down, but I can tell you in time it will get better. Just don't be hard on yourself...you have been through alot. Try to stay busy and do things you enjoy. Hang in there because things really will get better...I can almost promise you that.

Chelee

12-24-2010, 04:04 PM	#5
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Hitting the wall Kathy, I'm not sure where exactly you are with your treatment...but it sounds like you've gotten thru your surgery, chemo, rads and now on to complete your 52 wks of Herceptin? This whole journey is truly a rollercoaster ride as I'm sure you have heard it said. There really are so many ups and down physically, mentally and emotionally. It can be so rough at times . I know when I finished my chemo and just had Herceptin infusions to do I felt like I wasn't doing enough to fight my bc...that is a very normal feeling for most of us. If you could give a little more detail about where your at with your treatment we could help you out more. As to diagnosing yourself with all kinds of things...we all pretty much do that...comes with the territory I'm afraid. Once you are dx with bc every ache and pain is a cause of concern. A bc dx turns our world upside down, but I can tell you in time it will get better. Just don't be hard on yourself...you have been through alot. Try to stay busy and do things you enjoy. Hang in there because things really will get better...I can almost promise you that. 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.