Lung And Liver Metastatic Breast Cancer Posted: 09-18-03 12:01pm
Hello everyone,
i am a metastatic breast cancer patient
diagnosed in 1999. I had mastectomy
followed by 8 doses of red medicine (don’t
remember exact name) and taxol. I was
taking tamoxifine orally.
Two years later in 2002 august cancer came
back – nodules in liver. My oncologist
started gemzar but 6 months later cat scan
showed nodules in upper lobe of a lung
& plueral effusion.
I started taxotere then and I have been on
it for 7-8 months. I am having cat scan
every 3 months. Every time lung nodules
are increasing in size and more nodules
are coming into the lung but liver nodules
are the same in size. I have had
persistent cough (dry) for the last two
months as a result of plueral effusion.
Last cat scan also showed water around
lung.
My oncologist told me I would have a pouch
inserted so water will get away from the
lung area.
I am very concerned about the progression
of disease in lung. My doctor is keeping
me on taxotere. I am also on arimidix. I
have done some internet research and found
herceptin but my oncologist said my
hormone receptor does not match so can’t
take it.
I am really getting tired of taxotere
because I don’t know whether it is
working.
My question is are there any better
treatments for lung and liver mets that I
am fighting?
I will appreciate any comments from you.
Thanks in advance.
Melody.
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kelly30297
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 2 Location: ga
Posted: 09-19-03 21:31pm
Melody
there are other things out there for you
using low dose chemo that do not have the
side affects the you get from traditional
chem and is showing to be a very good
treatment to know more let me know by
posting it is a treatment called ipt .
Kelly
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pahuntnwidow
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Duncansville PA
Lung Cancer & Breast Cancer Posted: 01-21-04 15:51pm
Hi, I am responding to your message. My
husband has lung cancer, tumor in the
right lung and has nodles as well. So
far liver is clean. He too is on
taxiter, he also has a plureual effusion,
which in december 2003 they put a
cathiter/drain tube in his right side so
that we can drain him from home. Its a
newer procedure that has been out for the
past year. It is helping with the fluid
build up.
Also, my mother in law has been dealing
with breast cancer for 22 yrs. She's has
her breast removed and after several
reoccurances has now come into her liver,
bone in rib and lung. Last year her
oncologist put her on taxiter to treat, it
got rid of the pin point in her bone in
the rib and got rid of the tumor in the
lung, however decreased the leisions on
the liver. She has 7 leisions total,
they are monitoring her and she will go on
taxiter again to help control the
leisions.
Have they ever tried you on taxol and
carboplatnum? My husband was put on
both of those drugs when he was first
diagnosed and it seemed to help him.
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san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Breast Cancer Posted: 01-21-04 16:31pm
There is an article that claims the govt
knew about a cure for cancer in 1974 and
will not divulge it because the drug cos
would lose a lot of money. There are
several herbal remedies that need to be
taken hha colloidal silver, acidophilis,
high dose vitamin c, hh 4-herb tea. Go
to hhtp:www.Herbalhealer.Com and you can
find out more.
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ColleenJ
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 2 Location: San Francisco
Metastatic Breast Cancer Posted: 03-26-04 14:49pm
Hi melody,
my mother is going thru the same battle as
yourself. She had been diagnosed with
pleural effusion which is when fluids
build up in the cavity between the pleura
(lining of the lung) and the lung itself,
last may. Sometimes there are cancer
cells found in this fluid when it is
drained, which is what happened in her
case. She just had surgery (yesterday)
in which they performed chemical
pleurodesis via video-assisted
thoracoscopic (vats) lobectomy.
Chemical pleurodesis is a technique used
to produce an adhesion inside the pleural
cavity. It is used on patients who have
significant relief of symptoms when
pleural fluid is drained and show evidence
of lung reexpansion. She was getting
the fluid drained once every 3 weeks. It
is performed with a standard tube
thoracostomy. Talc appears to be the most
effective agent for pleurodesis, with a
success rate of nearly 95%. The only
downfall is you may not be allowed to do
any clinical trials if you've had this
proceedure done.
I found a lot of information on the net by
typing in metastatic breast cancer and
pleural effusion in seach engines such as
yahoo or google.
Another thing you may want to look into is
the use of herbs with your chemo. It has
helped my mom's blood count and engergy
levels after her treatments. She is
going to an alternative cancer center
after this surgery to go thru one of their
programs. I will keep you posted on the
progress.
My best wishes to you.
Cj
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ColleenJ
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 2 Location: San Francisco
Metastatic Breast Cancer Posted: 04-15-04 03:13am
Hi melody,
one thing I would recommend is to take
some herbs. Milk thisle is a good herb
that helps detox the liver and it is what
my mom's herbal oncologist prescribed for
her. Her liver mets have gone down to
normal in the three months she started
taking it. You can find this at whole
foods or any natural food store. You may
want to consult an herbal oncologist as
well. She also has been eating organtic
foods which allows the liver not to work
so hard.
She is exploring an alternative cancer
treatment center next month. She just
had the surgery to seal the lining to the
lung (see my other posting) and will start
with this cancer center next month. They
work with you even if you want to continue
with your chemo treatments. Their
website is http://www.Aacancer.Com/. They
are located in reno, nv and the bahamas.
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