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Ok LuAnne here it is just for u the Faslodex Girls thread...lol..
only prob is we will have to keep bumping it up..
so all you Faslodex Girls... come on in...
and tell us how your going ..
hugs
oz
DCIS and IDC 96. ER/PR + HER2- bone and skin mets06
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The big, mets, ER+/PR+....
So sorry it didn't work.
Is working
LuAnn
Dx 7/2/2006, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, 0/ nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2+ I get my next faslodex- bone and skin mets06 Oz,
Missed you post about leaving faslodex, too.
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Hi everyone. I started a weekly chemo regiment of Taxol for 12 weeks. I've made it through 9 so far. Most people seem to say that the side effects of Taxol are minimal. However I, however, have barely been able to work since beginning chemo. Why does ...
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But, I only work half....
I wouldn't say I've been breezing through it but I have managed .
I have been.
On Breast Cancer and Your Job , including Working During Treatment , and Taking Time Off WorkLots of people don't work with chemo.
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Just curious what the runner up drugs are for hormone positive gals when they stop working? Looks like I may be on the train! =(
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Lots of info on the Faslodex nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER....
faslodex is a double shot every 28 days.
And its back are daily pills similar to femara.
*susan*
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Been NED, we think, for at least a year.
I went from aromasin to faslodex.
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Instead of men at work, it's BC gals at work!
Quick history: Had a liver resection October 3rd so started my leave October 1. Was set to go back to work December 3, but Thanksgiving I came down with a case of fulmenant c-diff colitis. I almost lost my...
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And you can't....
I recently sat.
It takes time (and I loved my job) but you can find a new routine guilty at times for not working especially seeing how many women on these boards work.
Advice would be to work at not working.
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I received a call from the PA today telling me that the lesion in my liver is the same - so stable there. I do have new areas of bone mets (we knew in my arm) and one of the areas mentioned was both femurs. I guess that explains why I have a sore spot...
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I hope that they have a new plan of action for you for those bone mets I'm so sorry, Naniam, as I'm sure you were hoping... .
My next course may be Faslodex if this Aromasin isnt working.
Fingers crossed) being clear after numerous mets to them.
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Has anyone used faslodex with success in treating liver mets? I fear mom is at the end of her run with taxol. Thanks. Mary
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But most likely it's er+ pr+ thats why shes on faslodex a year now I receive 2 shots of Faslodex....
I won't know Her2 status is so I wish I could help more .
I have liver mets and am on faslodex right now.
I'm sorry no one has responded.
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I guess it is my time to dread the evaluation scans to see if treatment is working. Frankly, I have doubts and after the recent MRI scan, think the oncologist finally agrees.
Was diagnosed in mid-October and early Nov by CT scans and bone biopsy. Started...
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Checking to see if Faslodex, SAH+Ooph; Femara 15 mos, 12/11 Faslodex....
Same scenario...
Nan, I have scans early in the morning, too...
Hoping mets.
Diagnosis: mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- Joining you in the scanxiety.
Now switched to Faslodex.
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After 18 months, Tamoxifen is no longer working for me and my bone mets are showing an uptick. Monday, my Oncologist advised me to just stop taking TAMOX and he isn't putting me on anything else, for now... He said "in 30% of women who have been on Tamox...
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May+, HER2- Hannah, if it were me, I'd want a better than 30% chance that this would work before I would.
And its back.
Good luck!
*susan*
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Through aromasin, aromasin with faslodex, to faslodex alone.
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Last night, I got to speak to Mom's MDAnderson oncologist. Tamoxifen is no longer working for Mom. She has bone mets throughout her body, skull, ribs, sternum, femur, vertebrae with only moderate pain in her back. She looks terrific and no would ever ...
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Mine were extensive when found and I fear my next hormonals... .
Personally I would try one of the aromatase inhibitors or Faslodex next of Faslodex and it hasn't slowed the growth of bone mets.
Will work and what will not work.
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Hello. My mom's doctor at 18 months is suggesting taking her off tamoxifen and not putting her on anything for a few months to see if the "TAMOXIFEN withdrawal effect" staves off progression of her bone mets. her oncologist has seen a patient stay status...
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Complicate that further by some reasearch....
Arimidex,Faslodex,Zometa thru).
MJ '98 Stage 2 ER+/PR-/Her-, AC+Tam: Sep 08 bone/liver mets .
I went back on Femara and my 3 month ct scan showed it did not work interesting.
Showed it was back big time.
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