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Starting Navelbine Monday, have questions.
Hi all! My scans on Monday showed that I have progression in my liver, though I'm stable everywhere else. So, we're abandoning the Taxol, which has run its course for now, and the Carboplatin, which didn't really do much of anything the last eight weeks, and I'm starting Navelbine on Monday. I'll continue the Herceptin weekly and Zometa once a month. I guess my questions are...if any of you have had taxol and carbo, how does Navelbine compare to those as far as side effects? Or even if you haven't had the taxol or carbo, nut you've had Navelbine, what's your experience been? I'm looking forward to changing therapies, and hoping that the Navelbine kicks some cancer butt right outta my liver, but of course, I'm nervous about starting a new chemo! Any info you can give me is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance! :-)
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Krissi
12/27/10 - IDC, rt breast (approx. 15 cm), lymph nodes, age 36. 1/7/11 - stage 4 IDC, extensive liver mets, Bone mets (spine, sacrum, rib, sternum, upper arm), ER-/PR-, HER2+++; 1/12/11 - port, 1/17/11- startweekly Taxol/Herceptin, monthly Zometa
3/8/11- decrease in all tumors, bones healing. 3/11- 3 wks on/1 off Taxol/Herceptin, +Zometa
6/6/11 - decrease in all tumors, healing bones, 2-4 new liver lesions. 3 wks on/1 wk off Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin, +Zometa
7/29/11 - liver progression, others stable; 8/11-drop taxol/carbo, start Navelbine
12/11 - liver progression; begin AC, drop Herceptin;
1/12 - liver enzymes normal, 2/6 results show regression in liver, stable others, but 9 tiny brain mets (largest 7 mm). Begin 13 WBRs 2/6; 2/29-start Tykerb, 3/7, start Xeloda
5/2012- liver progression and regression, liver biopsy confirms HER2+++. drop Xeloda, start Herceptin, Tykerb, Zometa.
5/2012- brain MRI shows all lesions gone except 1, 2mm shrinking!
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