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Re: 6 Month Follow Up
Hi @carolinagirl74 and welcome to our Community.
We're so very sorry for the worries that bring you here, but we're really glad you've joined us and decided to post. You're sure to find great compassion and empathy here while you figure out what's going on — we're all here for you!
We know it can be overwhelming and nerve-wracking waiting for a follow up screening — try to keep your mind occupied while you wait for your appointment and remain positive. We know this is easier said than done. Others will surely chime in with good advice for passing the time and easing anxiety. Perhaps exercise or sitting down with a good book or catching up on a phone call with an old friend would help your nerves?
We're thinking of you! Please keep us posted on how your appointment goes and know we're here no matter the results.
—The Mods
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
betrayal
Re: So...whats for dinner?
On Friday I filed my blue USA passport renewal application, which invalidates my old one automatically….and a US government shutdown over a budget fight looms. sigh.
Hi Moon!!!! It's been a long time…post when you can.
Carole, my aunt told me that after age 80, birthdays come twice a year, and after age 90, they arrive thrice a year. :-)
Beef prices are high. We do have a slaughter house that also butchers the meat into manageable portions that are slightly less expensive than the stores. However, "manageable" means "need a large freezer" or "having 20 people over for dinner".
eric95us
Re: So...whats for dinner?
Maggie, your meal at the Italian restaurant is causing me food envy!
I had the walleye dinner at Clancy's last night. I also had a lovely and refreshing Cosmo.
The walleye wasn't the fresh fillet I envisioned, but the baked potato was a real baked potato and the blue cheese dressing on the salad bar is delicious. Most important the company was good.
Re: So...whats for dinner?
Lunch today was poached egg on lobster and asparagus with hollandaise sauce outside at a good Italian restaurant. Dinner was leftover pizza.
maggie15
Re: How are people with liver mets doing?
Maggie, thank you so much for the info you shared. It’s valuable, knowledge is power, especially when the healthcare team sometimes misdiagnoses us. I’ll dig into those symptoms since I have some of them.
Dulcea, thank you for opening this discussion. we learn so much from each other here, information we rarely get from our care teams.
Threetree, have you decided what treatment you prefer for your liver mets?
Re: How are people with liver mets doing?
@maggie15 thank you so much! I have actually considered that it was the Enhertu increasing the issues with my liver and the ascites, especially since the first time I had the ascites, was a week after my first infusion. The increase in my liver numbers were thought to be a combination of both the Enhertu and the cancer. With your information though, I can do more digging and ask more questions along that vein. And now that you mention a statin, someone at the hospital had mentioned that to me. I think we all just assume that since I have cancer in my liver, it must be due to that.
Thank you again so much!
dulcea
Re: How are people with liver mets doing?
@dulcea, Have you been checked for drug induced liver injury? It’s rare but I ended up with sudden cirrhosis not related to cancer or anything else caused by a statin. There is a long list of drugs that can cause DILI and Enhertu is one of them. It puzzled four other specialists for eight months before it was diagnosed by a gastroenterology fellow specializing in hepatology who monitors my Barrett’s esophagus. Stopping the offending drug and taking steroids has helped. Your problem could be something else but it wouldn’t hurt to ask. Good luck finding the cause.
maggie15