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Welcome back Steph
I really enjoyed hearing about your trip. I could never tire to hear the stories. Like someone said, if you close your eyes, you can be there.
I have always dreamed of traveling in my older years and now that I am there plans are difficult to make and keep.
We have a trip planned in August - to go to Italy for 1 month. We have villas already picked out and had planned to just take things slowly and enjoy the people. Since I just started new chemo combo in April for yet another recurrence, my hopes were kind of washed out not really knowing if we would be able to make the trip..
Your stories have perked me up again to start my planning. To quote one of my oncologist "that is why you are struggling this hard is to live your life" I just hope when August comes I am at a place where it will be ok to make the trip.
So if someone can keep the stories coming, those of us who can not actually make the trip's can close our eyes and dream we are there.
So glad you had such a good time Steph.
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Irene from Tampa
1996 - INFILT DUCTAL CAR.W/ LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT. ADRIA/CYTOXIN/5FU
1999 - RECURR. TO AUXILA AND 2 TUMORS IN LIVER
TREAT: STEM CELL REPLACEMENT/HERCEPTIN.
2002 - RECUR TO LIVER
TREAT: NAVELBINE, THEN GEMZAR, THEN XELODA.
2004 - TUMORS STILL IN LIVER
TREAT: RFA TO LIVER
STABLE UNTIL
2004 - TUMOR PROGRESSION IN LIVER.
TREAT: RESECT HALF OF LIVER.
2005 - RECURR TO LYMPH NODE OUTSIDE OF LIVER.
TREAT: TAXOL/CARPO/HERCEPTIN. FAILED ON
THIS TRIO. STARTED ON ABRAXANE.
2006 - PROGRESS WITH 2ND TUMOR GROWTH.
TREAT: AUG. BEGAN ON TYKERB/XELODA
TRIAL. CONSIDERED STABLE TO DATE.
2007 - TAKEN OFF OF TYKERB/XELODA TRIAL DUE TO
PROGRESS STARTING TYKERB/AVASTIN.
NOV 2007 - SCANS SHOW PROGRESS TUMOR GROWTH
IN ABDOM. AND TWO NEW TUMORS IN NECK AREA.
BEGAN HERCEPTIN/AVASTIN/TAXOTERE
Feb 08 - Ixempra/Xeloda
June 08 - Her/DM1 trial
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY."
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