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test results
Hi everyone, I hope Thanksgiving was a happy time with friends and family. Mine was. I had a CT and brain MRI on the 15th and the news is good (chemo brain is bad and now I can't remember if I posted this already-forgive me if I did-geez).
I have squeaked by another 6 months without any brain metastasis-woo hoo! My liver mets which are always the concern are better. The largest one has shrunk by 50% and another one of concern is gone. This is after almost 3 months of Navelbine/Herceptin. We have decided to continue with this treatment for another 8 weeks and re-scan then. I am doing great on Navelbine and so I am thrilled that it is working.
In typical 'Joy' fashion, I still have concerns. Is it really possible to continue this battle and NOT get brain mets? Is it possible that the Navelbine can keep working (Taxol/carbo was slow to work, but did and then plateaued)? It worries me that Tykerb has failed some of our beautiful ladies. It worries me that hormonal treatments used to work beautifully for me and now I may be hormonally resistant. It worries me that I worry so much-what a nuthead!
Love to you all!
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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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