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THANK-YOU for the concern. It means so very much.
Ruth had her procedure today, the dr. said it went very well and Ruth came through it pretty unscathed. More scary to think about then to experience as they dope you up so well.
They took a biopsy, we will know the results this Friday. He said there was excess mucous in the lung, which is indicative that something is going on. He thinks it points to MAI type infection. It's just incredible to have beat back the cancer and then to have something like this come up, which might be unrelated. I can't help feeling it is a result of the lowered immune system, but he says even healthy people can get this. If this is a MAI the treatment is hell on wheels - very strong drugs for a VERY long time, and it doesn't even work all the time, but they don't necessarily treat unless symptoms get significant. We'll see. I hate having yet something else hanging over our heads, but I know we are blessed that he does not believe the report will show lung mets. (I think he said something about the "clustering" if that makes any sense to anyone...the words "probably not cancer" kept reverberating in my head so I wasn't digesting it all!)
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Terri, spouse of Ruth, Dallas/Ft. Worth area
Ruth dx 05/01/07 (age 50) Filipino
multifocal, several tumors .5 -2.5 cm, large area
Breast MRI showed 2 enlarged nodes, not palpable
100%ER+, 95%PR+, HER2+++
6x pre-surgery TCH chemo finished 9/15/7 Dramatic tumor shrinkage
1 year Herceptin till 6/08
MRM 10/11/07, SNB: 0/4 nodes + Path: tumors reduced to only a few "scattered cells"
now 50% ER+, PR- ???
Rads finished 1/16/08
Added Tamoxifen,
Finished Herceptin 05/08
NOW is the time to appreciate life to the fullest.
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