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My mom, Stage IV, IDC, ER-,PR-,HER2/NEU+++, extensive mets to liver (over 50%), minimal mets to lung lining, had her first tx Thurs 7-3-08. She got it done at the Cancer Center in Peoria, IL. The most beautiful treatment room ever!!! The room was very large and all of the tx recliners were facing a wall that was entirely windows that overlooked a beautiful pond with a field of wild flowers. Mom's nurse was Jean and she was absolutely the most wonderful woman in the world. She had labs at 9am, dr check up at 9:30, and started treatment at 10:30. My mothers tx is Taxol, Carboplatin, Herceptin, and Avastin (or a placebo for Avastin). My mother is also suffering from hypocalcaemia due to the cancer and since her calcium was back up to 14.3 she was given Zometa first. Then started the Herceptin, it was about lunch time by then and my mother was doing very well and said she was hungry so I decided to go get us some food. I was gone about a half an hour and when I came back she was pure white and her whole body was shaking. They got warm blankets out of the dryer and covered her from head to toe and started pushing Aloxi. She was out of it for like 5 or 10 min and when she came to she asked if she had slept at all. She slowly but surely got her color back and started feeling a lil better. She ate a little mashed potatoes and a couple bites of roast beef but was pretty nauseous the rest of the treatment. She scared the living crud out of me! I had never seen her like that. The rest of the time went as well as could be expected and I must say the atmosphere and nurses made that day as pleasant as it could have ever possibly have been. So after 6 1/2 hours of treatment we were on our way home. The next day, on the 4th my aunt had a cookout and I packed up my hammock and pillows and blankets and made a spot for my mom. She ate a little but mostly slept...all day. I would say she was only awake for about 3 or 4 hours that day and when she was awake she was very unstable and very confused so I decided I would take her home with me. Some people down the street from my house were letting off fireworks so I brought all my down comforters outside and bundled my mom back up in the hammock in our front yard and we drank hot cocoa and watched the fire works. People were walking by with their dogs or their kids and looking at us like we were crazy people but my mom was comfortable and content and I didn't care. So today she is feeling less fatigued but more nauseous. No vomiting but still icky. So far it has not been too bad of an experience for her so we hope it stays like this for the most part. She told me today that she no longer thinks of it as a "bad thing" or "bad news" its just something she has to go through and it’s a change in her life and yeah it pretty much sucks but she doesn't associate the "bad" terms with it. I am very proud of her. Anyway, I just thought I would share my moms first treatment with everyone. Maybe it will take some of you back and you can think about how far you have come since then and how hard you have fought and how worth it, it has been. On a funny note: My daughters are 6 and 7 and we were heading over to my aunts house and I told them we had to pick up grandma first before we went to Auntie Fays house. They have so many grandma's and grandpa's that they always have to find out more information to determine which one I'm talking about. So my youngest says "Which one? Is it grandma with the Cavities?" and my oldest says "Its not Cavities...its Cancer!!" This made me laugh and say...Yes honey and I wish it were only cavities! Hugs to all...Candice (daughter of a fighter) in IL[b] Candice (daughter of a fighter) in IL
Mom age 50.
Orig Dx 10/07, R-Mastectomy, 17 Lymph nodes removed, thin layer of muscle on chest wall removed.
2nd Dx: 6/17/08 Stage IV, IDC, ER-, PR-, HER2+++, Extensive mets to liver (over 50%), minimal mets to lung lining, sever hypercalcemia.
Start Tx 7-3-08: Decadron, Aloxi, Ativan, Zometa, Taxol, Carboplatin, Herceptin, and Avastin or a placebo in place of the Avastin.
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