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CoolBreeze · 10-04-2013, 04:44 PM

I was diagnosed in 2009, and I'm doing well too. I had a liver resection, a microwave ablation and SBRT, as well as all the drugs listed in my signature. They aren't going to be able to say "It's gone" with me as there is a lot of scarring and changes that happen with these treatments that muddy the digital waters, but right now, it appears that I do not have active cancer. So far, at last PET, it has not spread anywhere but the liver either.

There is a phrase called oligometastases and it means that a few of us are diagnosed with very limited spots of metastases, which are still treatable with local methods and which are possibly curable although nobody wants to go that far with it.

The liver can take a beating and still function so there are a lot of treatments out there for us now that used to not be done before. The thinking has changed and that is good for us, we live in much better times now than a few short years ago. Let's hope the progress keeps coming and we can all post back here ten years from now.

10-04-2013, 04:44 PM	#5
CoolBreeze Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 562	Re: Liver Mets I was diagnosed in 2009, and I'm doing well too. I had a liver resection, a microwave ablation and SBRT, as well as all the drugs listed in my signature. They aren't going to be able to say "It's gone" with me as there is a lot of scarring and changes that happen with these treatments that muddy the digital waters, but right now, it appears that I do not have active cancer. So far, at last PET, it has not spread anywhere but the liver either. There is a phrase called oligometastases and it means that a few of us are diagnosed with very limited spots of metastases, which are still treatable with local methods and which are possibly curable although nobody wants to go that far with it. The liver can take a beating and still function so there are a lot of treatments out there for us now that used to not be done before. The thinking has changed and that is good for us, we live in much better times now than a few short years ago. Let's hope the progress keeps coming and we can all post back here ten years from now. __________________ http://butdoctorihatepink.com 08/17/09 Dx'd. Multifocal/multicentric IDC, largest 3.4 cm, associated ADH, LCIS, DCIS HER2+ ER+/PR- Grade 3, Node Negative 10/20/2009: Right mastectomy, reconstruction with TE 12/02/2009: Six rounds TCH, switched to Taxol halfway through due to neuropathy 03/31/2010: Finished chemo 05/01/2010: Began tamoxifen, the worst drug ever 11/18/2010: Reconstruction completed 12/02/2010: Finished herceptin 05/21/2011: Liver Mets. Quit Tamoxifen 06/22/2011: Navelbine/Zometa/Herceptin 10/03/2011: Liver Resection, left lobe. Microwave ablation, right lobe - going for cure! 11/26/2011: C-Diff Superbug Infection, "worst case doctor had seen in 20 years" 03/28/2012: Progression in ablated section of the liver - no more cure. Started Abraxane, continue herceptin/zometa 10/10/2012: Progression continues, started Halaven, along with herceptin and zometa. 01/15/2013: Progression continues, started Gemzar and Perjeta, an unusual combo, continuing with herceptin and zometa 03/13/2013: Quit Gemzar, body just won't handle it. Staying on herceptin, zometa and perjeta. 04/03/2013: CT shows 50% regression in tumor, so am starting back on Gemzar with dose reduction, staying with perjeta/herceptin/zometa. Can't argue with success! 05/09/2013: Discussing SBRT with Radiology due to inability of bone marrow to recover from chemo. 06/07/2013: Fiducial placement for SBRT 07/03/2013: Chemo discontinued, on Perjeta, Herceptin and Zometa alone 07/25/2013: SBRT (gamma knife) begins 08/01/2013: SBRT completed 08/15/2013: STABLE! continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin, Zometa 06/18/2014: *** NED!!!!*** continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin, Zometa 01/29/2014: Still NED. continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin. Zometa lowered to every 3 months instead of monthly. 11/08/2015: Progression throughout abdomen and lungs. Started TDM-1, aka Kadcyla. Other meds discontinued. Remission was nice while it lasted. 5/27/18: Stable. Kadcyla put me right back in the barn. I have two teeny spots on my lungs that are metabolically inactive, and liver is clean. I’m beating this MFer. I was 51 when this started and had two kids, 22 and 12. Now I’m 60. My oldest got married and trying to start s family. My youngesg graduates from Caltech this June. My stepdaughter gave me grandkids. Life is fantastic.