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07-24-2007, 08:28 PM
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So happy for you. It could not have happened to a nicer gal!
Here's to 40!!!!!!!!!!
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Are we there yet?
Dx 10/05 IDC, multi-focal, triple +, 5 nodes+
MRM, 4 DD A/C, 12 weekly taxol + herceptin
rads concurrent with taxol/herceptin
finished herceptin 01/08
ooph, Arimidex, bilateral DIEP reconstruction
NED
Univ. of WA, Seattle vaccine trial '07
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07-24-2007, 08:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lumberton, Mississippi
Posts: 118
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Praise the Lord for the wornderful news, Joy. I am so happy for you.
Linda
S. Mississippi
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Diagnosed 12/23/04
Biopsy 12/28/04
Lumpectomy 1/04/05
IDC, ER-PR-, HER2Neu+++
7mm tumor, Stage 1, Grade 3
6 CAF's
38 Rads
Finished 10/05
"Worry looks around. Sorry looks back. Faith looks up."
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07-25-2007, 05:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume
ALWAYS BELIEVE
Posts: 2,999
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Happy Happy Joy Joy
Joy I got chills all through my body and tears of happiness streamed down my cheeks as I read your post. I am so very happy to hear your wonderful news, it is all you have been striving for.
My husband will be starting that combo after his whole brain & pelvis radiation is finished and I am hoping for the same small miracle. (Actually no....that huge miracle!!!!!!!!!!!)
Thank you Joy for taking me on your journey, you have taught me so very much!! Keep up the great work. Big hugs and prayers coming out ta ya!!
Waiting For A Miracle....and commanding one soon!!>>Believe51
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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07-25-2007, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wilmington, Del.
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Congrats. EnJOY, EnJOY.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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07-25-2007, 09:04 AM
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Hi Joy, don't post much, just read everyone else's! but had to congratulate you on your great news!
Love Morgan
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07-25-2007, 09:36 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Toronto
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Happy dance, happy dance, happy dance!!!
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07-25-2007, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 95
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Joy,
We are all in this together. A victory for one is a victory for all. We are all rooting you on.
Congratulations, and may you continue to be healthy and Joy-ful for decades to come.
Cynthia
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Diagnosed 9/03 @ 43 years (pre-menopausal)
Her2+++
4 nodes +; High Grade
ER+/PR+
Bilateral Mastectomy; Reconstruction
CAF x 6; Radiation; One Year Late Herceptin
Oophorectomy; Arimidex
Completed E75 Vaccine Trial; Completed E75 Vaccine Booster Series
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07-25-2007, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Riverside, CA
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Wow Joy, that is awesome. Tykerb/Xeloda is really shaping up to be a winning combination.
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07-25-2007, 07:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Eastern NC
Posts: 65
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YAHOOOO! I am so happy for you. Your news lifted my spirits so much, as I'm on the combo after finding 5 mets in my right lung 3 weeks ago. We've dropped the Herceptin, but finding those mets right after having Cyberknife in May for a medistinal met that had sprouted from the "ashes" of last summer's radiation for similar nodes, as well as having Gamma Knife in April for 2 brain mets... well it all left me a bit glum. Your news makes me feel so much more optimistic. Thanks for sharing!
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07-25-2007, 09:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 68
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Thank you for your posting!
Joy,
That is wonderful news girl! I am so glad to hear this for you. I too am my doctors first patient on this combo. I just started my 3rd round & we will rescan in about 3 wks. Unfortunitly I will be losing him as a doctor (he is moving to Chicago) and he will not be able to watch any of my progress after the end of August.
Thank you for the update, it gives the rest of us hope.
Keep up the good work!
Hugs,
Michelle
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Sept. 2003- 5cm tumor in left breast Her2+ Er- Pr- grade 3,
Mastectomy & 11 nodes removed, all negative.
4 rounds A/C + 12 wky Taxol
25 rads
Dec 2006- recurrence Stage IV (diagnosed 3 days before Christmas!) Lymph nodes in chest, liver, 3 ribs
January 2007- 3 tri wkly rounds of Taxol/Herceptin
Response to lymph nodes in chest, but several more bone mets (skull, shoulders, more ribs, femur, several on spine), liver tumors still growing.
March 2007- 8 wkly rounds of Navelbine/Herceptin/ every 4th wk Zometa
Lymph nodes in chest look great, but more bone mets (of course!), Clavicles, hips, and sacrum (above tail bone) to add to the list. Liver mets still growing.
June 5- started Tykerb/Xeloda
Aug 14- Scans are showing great progress! Tumor shrinkage and bones are healing!
Nov 21 CT scan shows tumor growth in liver & bones next Doc appt on 11-27
Dire need of a lot of prayers and a miracle.
Stay at home mom, 5 yr old girl & 8 yr old boy.
Wife of loving husband
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07-26-2007, 04:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: LI, NY
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Joy - I have a GREAT BIG SMILE on my face just for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, please get Lupron shots to stop the period! My period came back on tamoxifen, and I wasn't able to remove the overies for several reasons. I get the shot once every three months and it just takes away such worry.
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Maryann
Stage IV Inflammatory BC 1/00
Mod Rad Mastectomy 24nod/5+
Adriomycin Cytoxin Taxol
Tamoxifen 4 1/2 yrs
Radiation - 32 x
Metastatic BC lung/liver 10/04
thorocentesis 2x - pleurodesis
Herceptin Taxatiere Carbo
Femera/Lupron
BC NED 4/05
chemo induced Acute Myeloid Leukemia 5/06
Induction/consolidation chemo
bone marrow transplant - 11/3/06
Severe Host vs Graft Disease of liver
BC mets to lung 11/07
Fasoladex Herceptin Zometa Xeloda
GVHD/Iron overload to liver
Avascular Necrosis/morphine pump 10/10
metastatic brain tumor
steriotactic radiosurgery
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07-26-2007, 08:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Franklin, MA
Posts: 131
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Being a fellow stage 4 person (who also turned 40 this year), I LOVE reading news like this! The Herceptin has not failed me yet, but your post leaves me with so much hope for the "next weapon in the arsenal". I have been scared of what will happen when the Herceptin stops working because I have a great husband and a 7 year old and an almost 2 year old that need me. The Tykerb results that I have seen on this board give me hope that living to see 50 may not be such a crazy thought! Have a great day!
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Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old)
Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted
Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go)
ER-, PR-, HER2+
Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol.
Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans).
Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks)
Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that.
June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007.
Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.
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07-26-2007, 08:19 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bradenton,FL
Posts: 977
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WONDERFUL,WONDERFUL Joy...so happy for you,Love Marcia
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08-15-2007, 01:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 76
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Great news, Joy.
Karen
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Karen Raines Hunt
Dx April 2005 at age 46
stage 3A, very large (12cm) tumor
2 positive axillary lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, Her 2 +++
Bilateral mastectomy, radiation, reconstruction, A/C, Taxol, Herceptin, Tamoxifen, Aromasin
5 yrs since diagnosis and NED
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08-15-2007, 05:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 16
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I am thrilled for you and inspired by our/your optimism. We are all so lucky to be on the cusp of meaningful advances in the treatment of our disease. Thanks for keeping us informed of your progress.
Shad
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Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma 1/06, two tumors <0.7 cm, unilateral mastectomy 2/06. E+, P+, HER2+
Sentinal node biopsy negative (but 2 abnormal cells seen subcapsule in the first node).
4 rounds of A/C, 1 year of Herceptin.
1/07 Started on Femara - severe lethargy
4/07 Switiched to Arimidex - doing OK
5/07 DIEP free flap reconstruction with tummy tuck!
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