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My doc took me off taxol, and carboplatin last November after 6 months of tx. Although my ca15-3 counts were down to 21, he thought I was progressing because I had pleural effusion.
I was put on Navlebine in Dec. 04 and counts climbed to 37.
We switched to gemsar in Feb. 05 and my last counts were 117 Oct. 05. My current doc wants to keep me on gemsar because my pleural effusion has lessened and bone mets are stable.
I've been on monthly zometa since Feb. 04 and herceptin since May 04, with the exception of a 3 month break from herceptin May-Aug. 05.
The first 2 months of the tax., carb., herc., and zom. tx. were rough, mostly achey flu-like symptoms. Mr tx. were 3 weeks on/1off. I never had neuropathy. My hair thinned and started to grow back after the 4th round. I'm thinking that maybe I could go back on the taxol, carbo., her., zom., combo if I run out of options.
This whole game is like a crapp shoot. I never did like to gamble.
Love and Blessings, Lu Ann.
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