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StephN · 07-14-2005, 12:41 PM

Thank you all for your "round of applause" for my success in staying off chemo for three years. I applaud you all for also sticking around to share with! I wish fervently that we ALL could dance with NED for life!

My subtitle of "Herceptin and Zometa keeping me clear" means that I continued on these drugs unbroken since the end of chemo. Herceptin was first given at the onset (discovery) of my mets in Jan of 2002. I took it weekly with my Taxol and Navelbine.

When stopping those drugs I went on the every 3-week routine of Herceptin and Zometa. That has been three years.
While we don't know much about long-term Zometa (kidney and jaw concerns), I WILL stay on Herceptin as long as possible. Meaning that my med onc will give it to me as long as it is effective or until something else comes along that he would like me on. OR I have a heart event that would warrent my going off Herceptin.
Altogether I have taken Herceptin for 3.5 years. I am very faithful to my "vitamin H."

So far so good and I have Ginger Empy to catch up with! She is now some TEN years on Herceptin.

07-14-2005, 12:41 PM	#10
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Thank you all for your "round of applause" for my success in staying off chemo for three years. I applaud you all for also sticking around to share with! I wish fervently that we ALL could dance with NED for life! My subtitle of "Herceptin and Zometa keeping me clear" means that I continued on these drugs unbroken since the end of chemo. Herceptin was first given at the onset (discovery) of my mets in Jan of 2002. I took it weekly with my Taxol and Navelbine. When stopping those drugs I went on the every 3-week routine of Herceptin and Zometa. That has been three years. While we don't know much about long-term Zometa (kidney and jaw concerns), I WILL stay on Herceptin as long as possible. Meaning that my med onc will give it to me as long as it is effective or until something else comes along that he would like me on. OR I have a heart event that would warrent my going off Herceptin. Altogether I have taken Herceptin for 3.5 years. I am very faithful to my "vitamin H." So far so good and I have Ginger Empy to catch up with! She is now some TEN years on Herceptin.