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Old 04-24-2011, 03:13 PM   #9
Chelee
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Re: Can't Sleep!

The yr before I was dx with bc I had the worse insomnia possible. I tried Ambien and a few of the benzodiazepines. They help a little...but only 3 or 4 hrs if I was lucky. What finally worked for me was an older drug that's been around. It was Restoril. My primary doctor told me not to take it if I didn't have 8 hrs to sleep. It's one of those drugs that can linger. For me it turned out to be a miracle drug because I finally got some sleep. The drug allowed me to sleep through the night and restored my sanity. I sure hope your daughter finds something that works for her soon.

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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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