Me too
Hi Helen and Dede,
It is so curious to me that we share some similarities at the same time. I finished 8 months of taxol/carbo for liver mets and had perfect chem/metabolic panels throughout and for years prior. then the combo stops working and we swith to megace (a progesterone drug-I'm er/pr+). It takes at least 8 weeks to see if megace will work, but in the meantime my markers start to rise and my ALT, AST elevate, which they have never done. The CT shows a tripling and doubling of liver tumor size in the 6 weeks time. I started Navelbine on tuesday and we did a lot of labs, I'm anxious to see what is going on.
So here we all are baffled over the same stuff. i don't seem to have enlargement, but I don't know if the liver was needing more help, if the megace caused some of this or, and here I make the confession to everyone, if my own Summer 2006 Drinkingpalooza had a lot to do with it. I've worked hard and played hard this summer and I'm thinking that could be some of the problem. It's so dumb cause I so know better and having a case of the guilts.
I'm guessing you guys have been better behaved though and having some similar issues.
I would also love any insights from you two or anyone. In the mean time I'm thinking about you and hoping these things resolve quickly for you and let's try not to lose the spirit.
Love,
Joy
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with love and gratitude,
joy
dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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