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Treatment options
Discuss new treatments, alternative treatments, and standard of care issues. Also discuss the side effects or adverse effects that arise from these treatments and how to identify, manage and report them.
Anyone heard of baking soda to kill cancer cells?
- By cimamom · New reply October 30, 2009
- 11 replies
- Hi everyone - I received this email from a friend of mine...I had never heard of this...has anyone else??? Guess it can't hurt at this point! BAKING SODA KILLS CANCER I was surprised to learn about an ...
Low dose Adriamycin
- By SecondtimeSuz · New reply October 30, 2009
- 6 replies
- I have been on Xeloda and Avastin for the past few months and was feeling great. Now my onc feels that my mets to my skin are growing again and spreading across my chest. She now wants to try low dose ...
Dr told sister no chemo options left
- By KathyCB · New reply October 27, 2009
- 5 replies
- My sister and I both are Stage IV but our breast cancer has different profiles. She is HER2+ ER+. I am ER+ Her2-. My sister was told that due to her low heart function (around 50%) there is no chemo that ...
My partner died
- By Yasou · New reply October 27, 2009
- 53 replies
- Yasou, my partner, died on Saturday the 17 around 8 pm. Thank all of you for your support ...
scans
- By stef67 · New reply October 26, 2009
- 8 replies
- Can any of you ladies give me some feedback on getting scans? I have stage 4 breast with mets to the bone, will be three years next month. For the most part my onc really just uses the tumor markers ...
What to do now?
- By Saraegoetz · New reply October 26, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello Ladies, I am writing on behalf of my father, who would never do this by the way.:) He has Stage 4 breast cancer with bone and now lung mets. After 8 months of Tomoxefin (sp?) his medical oncologist ...
Navelbine/Xeloda/Tykerb
- By Bmarie · New reply October 26, 2009
- 2 replies
- Anyone on this combo or have tried it? I am adding Navelbine to Xeloda and Tykerb (been on Xeloda/Tykerb since the end of June) tomorrow. It seems a bit overwheming...first time on 3 drugs at once. My ...
treatment
- By hillbillygirl · New reply October 23, 2009
- 7 replies
- hey everyone, my new drug is femara daily and zometa back to monthly. the mets in my back are still going strong. from top of neck to end of tailbone. lots of them in lower back. also on some front and ...
Block Centre
- By XYZin · New reply October 23, 2009
- 8 replies
- Dear Ladies, Browsing the internet I stumbled upon the Block Center http://www.blockmd.com/ They use an ' integrative cancer care' (body/mind) approach in combating cancer. From what I understand, Block ...
Concomitant Chemo-hormonal therapy
- By Natada · New reply October 22, 2009
- 2 replies
- I have been searching for information on whether or not to continue on an aromatase inhibitor while undergoing chemo. It seems that old data on tamoxifen indicted that it should not be given concomitantly ...
Chemoembolozation of the Liver
- By lynnwv · New reply October 22, 2009
- 14 replies
- I'm asking if any other of you metavivors has gone through the chemoembolozation process. I had my first treatment on September 10th. It was not fun, but one of those "if it works it's worth it" things ...
Faslodex...how long should I give it???
- By cimamom · New reply October 20, 2009
- 21 replies
- Hi everyone - I started faslodex at the beginning of April and was wondering how long some of you have waited til it started to take effect?? I have been told a "few" months. I am getting a bit anxious ...
Nausea with Femara?
- By dj64 · New reply October 20, 2009
- 11 replies
- How many ladies on Femara experience nausea? I have been on this drug 7 months and in the last 3 weeks, started having nausea (all day). I can't figure out if it is Femara or Methotrexate. After decreasing ...
Just getting worse
- By Yasou · New reply October 18, 2009
- 19 replies
- I already knew that my partner would not come home again. But, I was never prepared for what is happening now, even though her very compassionate oncologist told me. She either has very limited vision ...
My Mom's stage IV mets
- By Sherol · New reply October 18, 2009
- 5 replies
- My mom got her PET scan results & they show "hot" spots in her retroperitoneal, periaortic & left supraclavicular lymph nodes. I have read on this forum of people with lung mets, bone mets, brain mets...what ...
Triple +++ with stable T-12 bone met
- By momx4TNBC · New reply October 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- I have a friend who is 44, diagnosed in late jan, double mastectomy in february...been on Taxol, carboplatin, herceptin and zometa since april 13th. Bone Scan & CT Scan a couple of weeks ago showed no ...
Meningeal Carcinomatosis
- By Cathysch · New reply October 17, 2009
- 5 replies
- I know that is a mouthful...I have recently be diagnosed with meningeal carcinomatosis which is mets to meningea or lining of the brain/spine. Sounds pretty primative, huh? I've had brain mets since 6/08 ...
Estrogen treatment for ER+PR+ for ABC
- By maryk58 · New reply October 16, 2009
- 4 replies
- My dr. has prescribed estrogen as part of my new treatment protocol (6.25 mgs/day). Sounds crazy, doesn't it? (I will also be continuing on zometa, starting avastin/taxol, continuing prednisone, my regular ...
My partner Yasou is dying
- By Yasou · New reply October 15, 2009
- 41 replies
- The whole brain radiation has stopped. Her scans show more lesions and swelling. Her oncologist told me today that she will not come out of the hospital but that he would make sure she was well taken ...
Taxotere and carblotin
- By IWILLBEATTHIS · New reply October 15, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hi Gals, Its time for a chemo change. My Onc suggestd Talxotere and Carblotine, What can you tell me about this combo? What side affects did you get theis and how are the side effects ...
