Finally - Tykerb Has Arrived
Just wanted to let everyone know that my oncs office finally received the shipment of Tykerb today. YIPEEEEE.
I went and had blood drawn today and will see him on Thursday to be handed the Tykerb. I am already set with the Xeloda. They are starting me off on 3300 mg of Xeloda daily. I feel that is too high of a dosage but they say that is what the protocal calls for for me and they can lower later. I took it a few years ago and had to lower dosage and then tolerated nicely.
Just excited to get back on something after all of this time (although it feels so nice not to be on chemo for a while)
This coming just in time before our scheduled trip to Italy. We are going for a month which is a long time to be away in a strange country while on chemo. We were not sure if we were going to be able to make the trip with all of this going on. I must admit that I am a bit worried about traveling so far just starting off on a new drug, and not knowing the side effects, but we have had this planned for so long and the trip will do us both good mentally.
I pray for those of you that are waiting to start in this program and that it does not take Food & Drug a long time to approve for everyone. Let's have good hopes for this drug.
Take care and good luck. Will update as I go along.
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Irene from Tampa
1996 - INFILT DUCTAL CAR.W/ LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT. ADRIA/CYTOXIN/5FU
1999 - RECURR. TO AUXILA AND 2 TUMORS IN LIVER
TREAT: STEM CELL REPLACEMENT/HERCEPTIN.
2002 - RECUR TO LIVER
TREAT: NAVELBINE, THEN GEMZAR, THEN XELODA.
2004 - TUMORS STILL IN LIVER
TREAT: RFA TO LIVER
STABLE UNTIL
2004 - TUMOR PROGRESSION IN LIVER.
TREAT: RESECT HALF OF LIVER.
2005 - RECURR TO LYMPH NODE OUTSIDE OF LIVER.
TREAT: TAXOL/CARPO/HERCEPTIN. FAILED ON
THIS TRIO. STARTED ON ABRAXANE.
2006 - PROGRESS WITH 2ND TUMOR GROWTH.
TREAT: AUG. BEGAN ON TYKERB/XELODA
TRIAL. CONSIDERED STABLE TO DATE.
2007 - TAKEN OFF OF TYKERB/XELODA TRIAL DUE TO
PROGRESS STARTING TYKERB/AVASTIN.
NOV 2007 - SCANS SHOW PROGRESS TUMOR GROWTH
IN ABDOM. AND TWO NEW TUMORS IN NECK AREA.
BEGAN HERCEPTIN/AVASTIN/TAXOTERE
Feb 08 - Ixempra/Xeloda
June 08 - Her/DM1 trial
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY."
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