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Re: Big Liver Met & Herceptin Resistance
Penny,
I'm so sorry you got bad news. I totally understand how disappointed and discouraged you must be feeling. May I recommend that you give yourself a day or two to feel the disappointment...cry...rage...feel sad. Experience the pain and disappointment. Then, get back in the fight.
I can tell from your posts, and our PMs that your faith is strong.
Use that faith, and remember... "I can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me."
So many of our HER2 sisters have had similar disappointments and are still with us, and going strong. There are so many avenues open to you...lots of drug and treatment combinations to try still! And you are being treated at a cutting edge facility.
Penny, God is good, all the time.
Trust that He is with you on this journey...no matter where it takes you...feel Him right there next to you. Let Him carry you now, if that's what you need! Far from being hope "less"...your hope is in the Lord, my friend!! Your hope is limitless! You can do this!
You'll be in my thoughts and prayers! Keep us posted on your care plan.
Denise
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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