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Herceptin Finally Working Alone
Hi all .. Just wanted to share for a change instead of reading and posting ...
I have been off Chemo since 9/4/06 and on Hercp only ... I am starting to feel so much better now ... At times you are not sure if you can feel normal again..
My last two pet scans in Oct & Dec did show 1 area of concern in the pec muscle ( hypermetabolic lymph node ) but was unchanged in Dec so my onc said to continue with Hercp only and do another pet scan in March ... I have felt so much better I am now able to exercise some ... I was just surprised that Hercp started now to work alone where as before it had not ... I had tried it alone for 3 months back in 2005 and I had a reocurrence which finally led to my mastectomy ... So this can be something positive for others to know about Hercp....
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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