CyberKnife Procedure Completed
I had posted this message under a thread started by Stehp but thought I should start a separate thread.
First, I want to thank everyone for their prayers and support as I went through this procedure.
The CyberKnife procedure was a walk in the park. It took approximately one hour and my daughter took me. I had/have no pain and no other side effects. I even got pictures of my brain showing the nasty met and the beams of radiation that zapped it. Readiation oncologist feels it was a complete success. I will be scanned in about 3 months just to check things out. The procedue was not uncomfortable at all and I actually dozed off while laying there -- that could have been from the Ativan I took to calm my anxiety. I'm now better than new!
Thank you so much for your concern, prayers and support. You have no idea how much it means to me
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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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