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I feel the anguish in your post. How lucky your husband is to have such a wonderful caregiver. I'm not a doctor but I feel that waiting for the July 2nd consultant will do no harm. July 2nd is just around the corner and if I'm correct in reading your post, your husband is still receiving Herceptin, Zometa and Tamoxifen. I can certainly understand your husband's concern with the increased pain as I suffer from severe bone pain myself. I just had a bone scan to rule out bone mets -- luckily it's not cancer. Your husband's increased pain may be caused by degenerative changes not related to the cancer. I don't know what you can say to alleviate his fears because I know first hand that words do not help. If the oncologist thinks treatment can wait until July 2 then I would have to trust that decision. Although the taxatore has been stopped, your husband still has the benefit of the other drugs. Again, I applaud you for your dedication in being such a great caregiver. Caregivers just don't seem to get the credit that they so deserve.
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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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