Need Encouragement
Hi Everyone, I just got news the other day that the regiment I started again back in April is not working .... My most recent Pet Scan showed I have 20 or more nodules in both lungs and an area in my right axillary ...
and of course the cluster in my pec area is still there ... I will start back on the harsher chemo, Taxol & Carboplatin with Hercp next week and do this every 3 weeks and get another pet scan after about 4 treatments...
I know many on this site have had met to their lungs but I find it much
more bothersome than other areas ... I know that this is just another area that cancer spreads to but I think because I have lost both of my parents to " Lung Cancer " (not breast) it is more scary .... I know many here have done treatments that were very successful in the lungs and I just need to stay positive..... I also want to say I vey much like the way
the site looks now ... Joe has done a Great Job .... I just wanted to share
this since I know this group of people are so caring and can always lift ones spirit ...
God Bless,
Debbie
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dx stage 4 ... 11/04
3.2 cm mass breast & liver mets..
her2 +++ ; er- ; pr -;
11/04 treated with hercp, taxol & carboplatin - every 3 wks
3/05 ned - stopped chemo; hercp only
5/05 reoccurence left breast
6/05 added navelbiene w/ hercp every other wk
7/05 mascetomy
12/05 ned ; same regiment- every 3 wks
3/06 & 7/06 ned
9/06 stopped navelbiene.. hercp only.. every 3 wks;
10/06 pet scan shows positive lymph node in pec
12/06 PET no change;
4/07 scan showed 4 abnormal nodes in right pec area ... these have increased in activity since last scan... will start back on weekly navelbeine & hercp
7/07 PET done ..this time it showed new nodules in both right & left lung area as well as increased activity in pec area..
8/07 started Taxol & Carboplatin with Hercp every 3 wks
10/07 PET done ...Great Report ... NED ....
11/07 continue with Hercp every 3 wks & do Taxol & Carboplatin every 6 wks
4/09 still on same regiment; 1 positive node in left lung and right pec area
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