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To Chemo or Not to Chemo #59

June 15, 2016
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I started my new chemo combo therapy called Gemzar and Carboplatin 10 days after I finished with my last 21 days Ibrance cycle. A Gemzar/Carbo cycle is day 1 and day 8 then a week off then start over. We checked my blood panels which weren’t too bad, just some lower than normal cell counts…

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Posted in Treatment Tagged cell count, chemotherapy, Gemzar/Carboplatin, Ibrance, liver, Oxycodone, Oxycontin, pain, side effect, The Blood Guy 1 Comment

Fuck you Faslodex! #57

May 2, 2016
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NO MORE DAGGERS IN MY THIGHS!!!  I’m really excited about this albeit maybe somewhat misguided…unfortunately no more daggers means a new chemo as the Ibrance/Faslodex combo didn’t do a damn thing to stabilize this cancer. For 3 months I was on the combination therapy of an oral chemo called Ibrance and monthly shots called Flasodex….

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Posted in Treatment Tagged bone mets, Chemo, Faslodex, Gemzar/Carboplatin, Ibrance, nausea, PET/CT, SE, Zoladex, Zometa 1 Comment

No Break for the Weary #56

March 18, 2016
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Ain’t that the truth! Two whole months with no treatment break! UGH! Radiation February 25th – March 2nd Chemo February 29 – March 17th (it ended a few days early due to low cell count.) Shots and Infusion March 24th (technically my week off chemo) Radiation starts again Monday March 28th Chemo April 4th –…

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Posted in Travel, Treatment Tagged cell count, chemotherapy, Faslodex, hips, Ibrance, infusion, Neupogen, pain, radiation, side effect, The Blood Guy, The Nuker, Zoladex, Zometa Leave a comment

The Exhaustion Edge #55

February 26, 2016
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Back in December I started feeling a low back pain that I couldn’t quite determine if it was bone pain or simply a pulled muscle. I thought I’d just wait until my PET/CT end of December to see if anything was going on. Well, something was amiss on my scan – a portion of my…

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Posted in Treatment Tagged bone mets, Breast Cancer to Bikini, Celebrex, Chemo, chemotherapy, Faslodex, hips, Ibrance, MRI, pain, PET/CT, radiation, The Nuker, Zoladex 3 Comments

2 Weeks into New Treatment #54

February 11, 2016
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It has officially been 2 weeks since I started Ibrance, my oral targeted therapy and my Zoladex and Faslodex shots. I would have to say the biggest side effects I have been experiencing are fatigue, no energy, nausea and bleeding gums. I’ve been sleeping a lot again. I recently had a mouth sore but that didn’t…

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Posted in Treatment Tagged ANC, Breast Cancer to Bikini, cell count, Faslodex, Ibrance, lymphedema, QOL, radiation, shots, side effect, The Nuker, Zoladex Leave a comment

Shots + Pills + Metastatic Breast Cancer = MELTDOWN #53

January 28, 2016
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I have officially been off chemo for 4 1/2 weeks. It has been a struggle deciding what to do next givin my extreme mental attitude toward ovary suppression or removal. I believe stopping my ovaries or removing them (oopherectomy) will not stop the cancer from spreading and I’m partial to keeping my organs that having…

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Posted in Treatment Tagged Chemo, Estrogen, Faslodex, Ibrance, menopause, metastatic disease, SE, shots, side effect, Zoladex 2 Comments

Progression and the Bikini #51

January 14, 2016
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On December 21st I had my regularly scheduled PET/CT and unfortunately Abraxane has stopped working. I have progression again. I’m quite sad about this news.  Once again neither The Blood Guy nor I were prepared to see this happening and again I am devastated. I have done so well on Abraxane and truly a great…

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Posted in Fun Stuff, Treatment Tagged Abraxane, AI, Breast Cancer to Bikini, CDK 4/6, chemopause, Estrogen, excercise, Faslodex, Ibrance, lesions, lytic, menopause, ovary, PET/CT, progesterone, progression, QOL, Tamoxifen, The Blood Guy, Zoladex 1 Comment

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