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Sherry,
I can totally sympathize with you about being in pain. I am in constant pain everyday. It is not related to my breast cancer. I had my cervical spine fused in 2002 and my entire lumbar fused in Dec 2005 and have been in pain ever since. I thought the surgery would alleviate not only the problems I was having that necessitated the surgery but that also it would take care of the pain. I couldn't have been more wrong. This has aggravated my side effects to both Herceptin and the Taxatore. I see a pain management doctor once a month. I don't like taking pills but if I didn't I would not be able to function. I take Lorcet four times a day sometimes when I'm having a really good day I only take them 2 or 3 times. I also have oxycodone for when my pain is extremely severe. I try not to take the oxycodone but every once in a while I really need it.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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