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Dear Robyn, Your lung mets sound almost exactly like mine did when they were discovered in July of 2004, even same size. My oncologist put me on navelbine, femara and herceptin for 6 months then just femara and herceptin. He told me at first that if the mets hadn't been discovered I would have had about 3 months. I was really sick at first, spent the whole month of July in the hospital, got phuemonia, lots of plueral effusion, plus I'd had a heart attack. In the middle of that summer we moved from a high altitude to a low one so I could breathe, and I began to get better, although the first 10 months I was pretty weak. The lung mets began clearing up and by Oct of 2005 I was NED. So take hope! A diagnosis of her2 used to mean 3 or 4 months at most; I had friends who only lived that long. But now her2 is a hopeful diagnosis because of the discovery of herceptin. Take a deep breath and tell yourself you can do this and those little lung mets have met their match! Hugs, Tricia
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