I started my second cycle of Gemzar today. My first cycle was not too successful. I only had two of the three doses because my blood counts were knocked down so low. Today they did give me an Aranesp shot to try to keep my red count up. I had a scan at the end of Feb and it show the mets are still growing (by millimeters). This scan was required by the study. I will be scanned in early April to see if the Gemzar is doing anything.
I asked the doc what drug he thought we should try next if Gemzar doesn't work. He did not have a definite answer - maybe Abraxane. I'm not sure what I think would be best either. I think I have had like 11 different drugs/combos and none have worked. He did mention the option of stopping treatment - I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet.
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Jill, Hannah and Kim at the FORCE conference
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 12/04. I did lots of chemo to prevent it's return. In 6/06 I was told that I had a new primary tumor. I was tested and found out that I was BRCA 1+. I had surgery and did more preventative chemo that ended in 1/07. In 2/07 I was told that I had lung mets. At this time my cancer seems to be chemo resistant. I had a Stem Cell Transplant through a clinical trial in 8/07. I had some liver mets show up in 2/08.
Jill, Hannah and Kim at the FORCE conference
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