Follow-up

[Frenchgirl69]

Last week I posted about progression of Mets in my liver while on Ibrance and letrezole. On seeing my oncologist on Monday, he kept me on Ibrance and put me on falsodex. I’m hoping this stops the progression. I appreciate everyone’s kind comments and advice. I have had my first injection and no adverse effects. He said he would delay chemo as long as possible. My liver is the only place I have Mets.

[Red1246]

Sorry you’ve had metastases and hoping you do well on your new line of treatment. 🙏🏻❤️

[Hazelgreen]

Do keep in mind that the liver is a large organ. You can lose the cancerous part of it with surgery, and manage fine.

[Beryl71]

I moved to that combo about fourteen months ago and have been fine. Just have to deal with a sore bruised bum for a few days! My markers have gone down and the node they were monitoring has shrunk considerably. Good luck! X

[Totheriver]

Hope things go well for you💕

[yevgeniakoretskaya in reply to Totheriver]

Thank you. 💓

[love2golfwell]

Hope you have great success with the new protocol and can stay on it a long time. Sending hugs and prayers.

[yevgeniakoretskaya in reply to love2golfwell]

Thanks.

[yevgeniakoretskaya in reply to love2golfwell]

Thank you for your support.

[cpidacks]

Hope everything goes well. I have been on Faslodex only for 5 years. I have a liver met and have had no progression on the Faslodex. Labs and tumor markers are in the normal range. Keep us posted.

[yevgeniakoretskaya]

My experience with fulvestran and ibrance was not good. The lesions in my liver continued to grow and one reached 3 cm. After that, the doctor sent me for ablation and they removed this lesion. A month later, I had four new ones. The doctor changed the treatment, which lasted 9 months. But I read that many people are treated with fulvestran and ibrance for many years. This means that we are all different and maybe this will suit you for many years. I wish you luck.

[Mamacass67 in reply to yevgeniakoretskaya]

Did you only have it in your liver when you had ablation or was it elsewhere too?

[Frenchgirl69 in reply to Mamacass67]

I have multiple liver Mets. It is the only site in my body. I have never been offered abalation. It was never in other sites in my body.

[yevgeniakoretskaya in reply to Frenchgirl69]

I have Mets in liver.

[yevgeniakoretskaya in reply to Mamacass67]

Only liver.

[Oberammergaux2]

all best wishes for your new treatment plan! Thank you for keeping us updated 💕

[Merma]

Best wishes to you on this regimen.

[POT2018ery]

The start of my cancer journey began with a diagnosis of Stage I in 2008. It was discovered on a screening mammogram. I had a lumpectomy followed by radiation, and 4 years of arimidex. I had to stop the drug due to extreme foot pain which made walking torture. In only a short time after stopping the drug I was pain free and told the likely hood of recurrence was very small.

Ten years passed when a screening mammogram identified a recurrence which appeared in the lymph nodes in my left armpit. After more tests the Mets were found. My ribs and spine had Mets and lymph nodes in my shoulder and neck showed increased metabolic activity. There was no surgical solution to my problems. My cancer was identified as stage 4.

I was put on faslodex, ibrance and Xgeva for bone support.

I had a scan at 3 months, my axillary lymph nodes were markedly reduced and all the affected lymph nodes in my shoulder and neck resolved themselves. The other mets in my ribs and spine were found to be stable. It has now been 6 years since the start of my MBC trip. I’m still being treated with faslodex and ibrance. I get scanned twice a year

I think of myself as a 16 year cancer survivor. I am not reticent about telling my story and I’ve been told that it gives others hope. I don’t want to minimize how difficult a journey it has been. It was frightening and scary at times. I did get my wish to see my oldest grandchild graduate from high school and I had a 76th birthday. Life is good