Yes, YOU can recover AGAIN...it won't be easy, but it is possible. First of all, congratulations on your amazing longevity. I am sure you are aware of how rare and wonderful you are. I myself am soon to start on my 9th year of multiple mets survival 11-07-2005 will be my anniversary date. I credit Herceptin alone WITHOUT CHEMO coupled to a healthy diet and certain basic supplement regimen and walking regularly in the sunshine to my continued good health, although I continue to take Herceptin every six weeks as maintenance. I would have a lot of suggestions to offer in using herceptin alone as a rescue drug that would be similar to those I have made elsewhere on this site, but first, I would like to know if your are ER-PR-and her-2 +++ as that is what I am and the her-2 area with which I am most familar. I have helped many people with her-2 and other cancers for free, here in the DC area. One of my new her-2 friends was in a really bad shape (5 open lesions oozing blood from her scar, multiple lesions in good breast, total lymphedema in left arm, extensive bone, liver, and lung mets) when she phoned me on Sept. 2, 2005 and was admitted into hospital on Sept. 3. Yet, from her hospital bed with her husbands good help, she bravely began following my advice by taking a good strong loading dose of Herceptin Alone WITHOUT PRE-meds, very important, and using the diet and regimen coupled to the Herceptin and has recovered enough in only 15 days to actually be walking outside 2 and 1/2 blocks unaided this morning. The oncologists at Georgetown are stunned as no one seems to understand the power of herceptin when used alone...they all want to mix it with chemo junk (I have taken no chemo since 1998 --fyi..so I practice and live what preach). The water in her mets- filled lungs is receding and the lesions on her skin are crusting over and closing up...with only 2 herceptin doses so far. This is not fiction. I can arrange for you to talk with the lady by phone, if you like. This is the power of herceptin when used to its maximum efficiency. I suspect the herceptin you have just started taking is actually already working under the radar...you should start to feel better soon, but as you know, you have a high tumor burden right now...do you know what any of your tumor markers are...?? Goodluck to you and KEEP FIGHTING. I KNOW you can do this AGAIN...you are BETTER equipped after wrestling with the beast for 12 years than almost any other of us. Please take care,
GPopp@Comcast.net--Gina