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Hi Leatha,
I am on my sixth round of T/X and my onc says the exact same as Brenda's - you're on this till it stops working and hopefully it will be years! (He also has a few women who have been on this 2 years). Like Brenda, I too get into trouble when I go off of treatment so finding something I can be on for a good long while is a blessing. My side effects have been minimal (except for one horrendous week of diarrhea- where did that come from?). I manage the minor hand foot stuff much like Brenda does - with lots of TLC, moisturizer, B6 and common sense (sensible shoes, low impact exercise, etc). Fatigue is an issue but I try to get lots of sleep and exercise (yoga, sit ups, weights) often. I love this combo - first set of scans after two rounds showed great improvement. Just had scans on Tuesday and the 4 liver mets left are down to just 2 and the two left are shrinking (die...die...die)!
Here's to a stiff headwind and calm seas!
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Donna
Diagnosed 2/04 - Invasive ductal - no clean margins
node negative - er+pr+, her2++
Mastectomy 4/04 - 4 rounds AC
9/05 - mets to liver treated with carbo/ixabipelone/herceptin
3/06 - complete remission
9/06 - new liver mets, starting Taxotere/Herceptin
1/07 -Liver mets stable, staying on Herceptin
5/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting T/X
12/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting weekly Navilbene/Herceptin
4/08 - Liver progression - started Abraxane, Carbo, Tykerb and Herceptin
7/08 - Liver Progression - started Gemzar, Avastin and Tykerb
10/08 - Liver progression - starting Doxil
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