Member Since: September 5, 2008
Last Login: October 20, 2008
Birthday: April 3, 1959
Location: Wilmington, NC United States
Occupation: Wife, mother, nana
I was diaganosed with stage 2 BC in Dec 1997 after a R breast mast. at age 38.
After 4 treatments of cytoxin & adrimician i was in remission until Jan 2001. When tumors were found in my lungs & bones (ribs & spine.) Since then it has been on again off again with different chemos. I am HER2+ so herceptin has been a staple all these years. I was then started on taxol, every week for 3 weeks then off 1 week herceptin weekly & zometa every 4 weeks. This worked for
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| Diagnosis: | Dx 11/10/1997, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, 3/11 nodes, mets, ER+, HER2+ |
| Diagnosed: | November 10, 1997 |
| Type: | Invasive or Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma |
| Recurrent? | |
| Metastatic? | Yes |
| Stage: | Stage IV |
| Lymph Nodes Removed: | 11 |
| Positive Lymph Nodes: | 3 |
| Tumor Size: | 2cm-2.9cm |
| Tumor Grade: | |
| Hormone Receptor Status: | |
| HER2/neu Status: | Tumor has an excess of HER2/neu receptors or genes |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + Recurrence and Metastatic Disease, Created: Sep 11, 2008 01:57 am
Ixempra-My experienceHi everyone, I just finised reading all 8 pages. i have learned so much!!! thanks again for sharing. i get #2 next wed 9/17. now i have a few ideas to help with the SEs. kateve--i'm excited for you going to CTCA. they are a place i will want to try when necessary. Lots of love to ya all--cathy Dx 11/10/1997, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, 3/11 nodes, mets, ER+, HER2+ |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + Recurrence and Metastatic Disease, Created: Sep 9, 2008 11:45 pm
Ixempra chemoHi tooyoung, thank you so much for your thread. now i know what one is and i also learned a lot about ixempra and its se's. i had my 1st 2 weeks ago. it wiped me out. i had mouth sores so bad (on the sides of my tongue) that my tongue swelled up. i couldn't eat so that made me week, i could barely talk. i slept for 3 days!!! you girls talked about lowering your doses--do you know what dose you starter at? she started me at 65mg. this stuff is about as bad as the 1st. original round of AD/CY ten 1/2 years ago. i feel for ya with the nausea & vomiting. so far no bone pain. well it's day 14 and i still have my hair, but i guess not for much longer huh??? sucks cuz i've only had it back for a feww mths. carbo knocked it out last may/june. oh well as long as it does something for my tumors,which are in my lungs & bones (ribs & spine.) thanks to all of you beautiful girls for writing about ixempra--it really helped me & has made me feel better about a drug i knew little about. and i hadn't know anyone who had taken it until now. so God Bless you guys--we are in this together for the long haul. i'll keep you posted as to how i do. Love, Cathy Dx 11/10/1997, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, 3/11 nodes, mets, ER+, HER2+ |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + Recurrence and Metastatic Disease, Created: Sep 7, 2008 11:10 pm
Ixempra chemothis stuff is new to me. what is a thread? and how do i search for it? i'm confused---HELP!!! thanks, cathy Dx 11/10/1997, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, 3/11 nodes, mets, ER+, HER2+ |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + Recurrence and Metastatic Disease, Created: Sep 7, 2008 01:54 am
Ixempra chemoI have just started taking this new mets chemo, ixempra. Has anyone taken it? Have you lost your hair? cathy Dx 11/10/1997, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, 3/11 nodes, mets, ER+, HER2+ |
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