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08-29-2006, 09:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Norridgewock, Maine
Posts: 778
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Tykerb is in my hands!!!
I am happy to let you all know I finally, have tykerb in my hands and should start it tomorrow. They were suppose to call in the Xeloda but no one did it so did it last night and hopefully, will be here today. Now, who is next??? We need to do lots of praying it will work!! hugs, Sandy
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08-29-2006, 09:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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Yea Sandy!!!!
I am SOOO happy for you AND the others that have gotten the Tykerb. My prayers are ALWAYS there. Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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08-29-2006, 09:19 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 87
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Great news! Here's to an excellent result!
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08-29-2006, 09:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Riverside, CA
Posts: 484
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wow Sandy! Thanks for being a pioneer in this. Will you be able to continue taking the Herceptin as well?
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08-29-2006, 09:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Woo hoo for you. Your persistance paid off royally.
Big hugs to you
Becky
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08-29-2006, 09:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 722
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Sandy, congrats..........persistance wins again. Good luck on your treatment.
Al
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Primary care-giver to and advocate for Linda, who passed away April 27, 2006.
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08-29-2006, 11:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: LI, NY
Posts: 660
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Sandy - I am praying this is the thing for you!!! I am so happy you got it!!!
Maryann
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08-29-2006, 01:59 PM
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Deceased
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 113
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Tykerb is in my hands!!!
Sandy,
I am so happy for you Honey. I hope that this along with all of our prayers will be the answer to resolving your skin mets. I am praying diligently and sending good thoughts your way.
Love & Hugs,
Nicola
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08-29-2006, 02:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Ft. Collins, Colorado
Posts: 546
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Finally
Woo-hoo, Sandy! your tenacity and smarts are inspirational. we trust you'll keep us posted. All my happy thoughts your way!
love,
joy
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with love and gratitude,
joy
dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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08-29-2006, 05:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Lincoln, Rhode Island
Posts: 371
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Sandy,
You have my prayer's! I am so happy for you!
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Love and Hope
Karen
IDC
DX 1998 STAGE I ER+/ PR+
AC CHEMO TILL FEB 1999
Tamxofin till 2001
2001 exstensive liver mets and mets to lungs
Started weekly taxol
Jan 2002 found out I was strongly HER2POS+++ started herceptin continued with taxol and herceptin till June 2002 then from June 2002 till Jan 2005 just herceptin and Arimidex
2005 Navelbine herceptin had RFA Then back on taxol with herceptin
April 2006 progression again went on clinical trial with tykrerb/herceptin progressed on the started Xeloda/ herceptin
Feb 2007 started Doxil
August 2007 Taxotere,Carboplatin and Herceptin exstensive mets to liver and pancreas
October 2007 Had to stop Carboplatin due to sever allergic reaction
Jan 2008
Stopped Taxotere due to progression now on Gemzar and Herceptin
March 2008 Starting Carboplatin, Abraxane, and Herceptin.
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