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Re: Thanks Mandamoo!
Ahh Italy - we had such a wonderful and warm (hot) time!
Capri was my favourite place - swimming through the grottos was a spectacular experience - maybe even spiritual - the true awesomeness of Nature! So much history, culture in this wonderful country.
Alas, back to dreary grey Melbourne but at least my cherry plum is blossoming to welcome us home.
I'm all signed up for Teresa - baseline scans next Wednesday and Friday and the treatment as soon as randomised hopefully early the following week. Looking at just doing Tykerb and Herceptin if I draw control (this will depend on how stable things have been in the 6 weeks since scans showed progression - I continued Tykerb while away and had a perception before I left but am now on nothing).
If things are rapidly happening we will do Abraxane and Herceptin.
I am OK with either arm with of course a preference to give TDM1 a go - all patients in the centre (5) are currently randomised to TDM1 - 1 stable and the other 4 with more impressive results.
How quickly Italy can be forgotten.
Finally added the pic from my 40th - it was a blast!
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Amanda xx
40 year old Mum to three gorgeous kids - son 5 and daughters 8 and 11
Wife to my wonderfully supportive husband of 17 years!
22 February 2011 - Diagnosed Early Breast Cancer IDBC Stage2b (ER/PR -ve, Her2+ve +++) - 38 years old
(L) skin sparing mastectomy with tissue expander, axilla clearance (2/14 affected) clear margins.
Fec*3, Taxotere and herceptin*2 - stopped due to secondary diagnosis
June 24 2011 Stage IV - Skin met, axilla node, multiple lung lesions
Bolero3 trial - Navelbine, Hereptin weekly, daily Everolimus/Placebo
February 2012 - July 2012 Tykerb and Xeloda - skin mets resolved, Lungs initially dramatically reduced but growing again
August 2012 (turn 40!) tykerb and herceptin (denied compassionate use of TDM1) while holidaying in Italy!
September 2012 - January 2013 TDM1 as part of the Th3resa trial - lymph nodes resolved, lungs slowly progressing.
January 2013 - herceptin, carboplatin and Perjeta (compassionate access)
April 2013 - Some progression in lungs and lymph nodes - Abraxane, Herceptin and Perjeta
July 2013 - mixed response - dramatic reduction of most lung disease, progression of smaller lung nodules and cervical and hilar nodes - ? Add avastin.
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