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Bone Mets / Bone Pain (Questions)
I have a cousin (not directly related but close enough) who was diagnosed with breast cancer (HER2 negative) and treated over 10 years ago. She just recently was diagnosed with bone metastisis (in her hip and a lower part of her spine I think).
Questions (all related to cancer that has metastisized to bones):
1. What does bone pain feel like? [She knows but I don't.]
2. What causes bone pain? [She does not know but would like to know.]
3. She is on Navilbene (with Steroids) and Xeloda. Will this potentially reduce/remove the cancer? Or just stop it from metastesizing elsewhere?
4. What is the prognosis once breast cancer spreads to the bones?
Probably some of you have written about this and have experienced it but I can't seem to find the exact answers to this even with the search function.
Thanks in advance!
Melanie
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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