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Re: How can they know this?
I agree with Rachel. The drs just don't know how long we have. I told my onc when I was first diagnosed that I didn't want to hear anything about my prognosis . That being said, the average life expectancy of stage 4 seems to be 3-5 years. Yes, there are some that live 10 years or more ( and those that don't even make it 2 years), but after being on this site and 2 others, it is rare to see someone make it to 10 years, and 3 - 5 seems to be average.
The hope is new drugs will be approved, hopefully soon enough to help those of us who are stage 4.
Laurie
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diagnosed stage 2- 3/2005
4.5 cm & 2+ nodes , er/pr- & HER2+
4 AC
12 taxol/Herceptin
Year of Herceptin
liver mets- July-2010
7 taxotere/Herceptin
RFA- Feb.2011
NED
U of Wa vaccine trial-oct 2011-Feb 2012
Herceptin/tykerb
Ned - 2 1/2 years
Herceptin & perjeta
Ned 3 years
Herceptin- reducing treatments , due to s/e, to 5-6 a year
NED- 3 1/2 years
Ned - 4 years
2/15- stopped herceptin - on no treatment
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