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Old 01-15-2007, 09:42 AM   #21
Shell
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I felt the reoccurrence both times before any testing picked it up, but I was staged at IIIC and thus wasn't totally shocked. For lung or liver, it just seems that if the chemo will work, it will work on 50 nodules as well as 10 nodules. But I'm completely non-medical, and thinking in that manner makes me feel better...

I think that for brain mets, it certainly appears to seem that regular scans will help instead of waiting for symptoms. I get an MRI every 6 months, and my onc allows this...

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init diag 3/17/03-stage IIIC
ER-/PR-/HER2+++
CET x4 neo-adjuvant
lump & SNB 8/03
CET x2
radiation and herceptin/navelbine 11-03-1/04
1st reoccur to lymph nodes 8/04
complete axillary dissection 12/04
herceptin/taxotere til progression (lungs) 3/05
xeloda w/out lapatinib trial 6/05
lapatinib/tykerb added 4/06
ended trial 8/06 due to progression
doxil / avastin 11/06-12/06 - wasn't working
navelbine/herceptin/avastin 12/06/3/07 - progression
gemzar/carboplatin/tykerb 4/07
mri shows extensive mets to bone in pelvic area 6/07
switched to abraxane (3 on/1 off) + tykerb 6/07
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Old 01-15-2007, 06:56 PM   #22
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Thank you for your stories....

Kim, Irene, Tricia, and Carolyns,

Your stories are so wonderful to read that your reaching ten years,
11 years, 18 years, and 20 years plus....

These stories are lessons to be learned...

Thank You Ladies!

God Bless and I wish continued success.

Warmly,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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