~Mighty Oak's Brain Results~10-30-2008
(from phone call to nurse)
Well, the 10 mets were successfully treated by Gamma Knife. I know no specifics since I have not read these results nor sat and talked to doctor yet.
We did discover one more met in the frontal lobe. I choked back tears since we was not aiming for this news. His nurse gave sympathy and I told her not to feel bad but be happy, this news just makes us know what to do.
The met is 5mm and will again be treated with Gamma Knife. I think we will have to start Tykerb and Herceptin again. Seperately they failed him but together we are hoping for a miracle.
I am already depressed and I guess in the back of my head I knew this is how it may happen. I know I have not been as active and supportive as I normally am here. I have been following you all each day. I may have not posted in threads but I have celebrated your birthdays, the reoccurances, the trials and tribulations. I love you all.
Now I must dry my eyes and break the news to Ed. Wish me luck because there is no easy way to do this.>>Believe51
PS: Before I go home I will go the long way so I can let loose and scream!!
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
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