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Re: Fatigue, and the Cancer Card.
Greetings Jessica,
I echo what everyone else has said here. I will add that you ask your health care providers to check your iron levels. My ferritin came back this week at 6.1. This is extremely low. So, you can do all the good stuff that everyone has mentioned and still feel fatigued. The issue may be your iron. Docs don't tend to check iron too often; not seen as a necessary test. And with chemotherapy treatment, the results even if after a few years has shown that iron levels, b12, D3, can take a big hit.
Good luck,
Jackie
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10/11 IBC Stage IV; 1 liver met 4.6 cm.
10/11-2/12 TCH for 6 rounds
3/12 Right MRM
5/12-7/12 33 Radiation treatments
8/1/12 Started Perjeta along with the Herceptin
10/12 Scans said NED for first time
5/15 UWSeattle Vaccine Trial 3 months
12/16 Scans still show NED. Herceptin and Perjeta continue indef.
8/17 Taken off Perjeta;staying on Herceptin. Still NEAD.
3/18 Still NEAD
8/19 Now on Subcutaneous Herceptin
10/21 Remain on Subcutaneous Herceptin (Hylecta)
11/21 CT showed possible lung mets. Was told to wait and see until scan
1/22 CT shows continued growth
03/22 Lung Biopsy said sample was too small but nodules keep growing and IR is convinced that it is indeed cancer
04/22 Oncologist referred for consult for a transbronchial biopsy. This does not sound pleasant
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