I was first told of my secondaries two years ago, I have extensive liver mets which i have had one lot of chemo for but didn’t do anything for my mets they remained unchanged. I was then put on zoladex injections and arimadez. My largest tumor was 9cm it is now 5.3cm and the other two have also shrunk by a couple of cm. When the chemo didn;t work the most i was hoping for is for them to be stable never in a million years did i ever think they would of shrink by homome therepy alone. Although i not sure what the future holds for me i am feeling very possitive at the moment.
I hope this will be reasuring for some people just diagnosed with liver mets.
Thanks for this, it does help to hear from people that are in the same position and doing so well, gives me hope for the future. I have two tumours on my liver, not sure of size as never been told. Just had FEC x 3 and starting 3 x Taxotere on 10 Oct. Then am HER2+ so think its Herceptin for 1 year. But nice to hear about other treatments if chemo not worked, won’t know til finished when scanned again.
Thanks again for posting a good thread and giving us all some hope and light at the end of the tunnel. I am 39 with a 3 yr old daughter and 10 month old son, so need so much to hear the good news from people like you.
Hi Cassy
Lovely to hear that you are feeling positive. I genuinely feel that part of tackling this disease is having a good mental attitude. I’m 2 1/2 years down the line with liver mets on arimidex, zoladex and herceptin.
Keep up the good work !!
Ruthie
Hi Cassie,
Its great news to hear you are doing so well. I have liver mets and I am due CT scan results on Wed after 6 weeks of chemo to see how everything is going. Onc says I should expect another 6 weeks chemo then onto hormone therapy which I think will be Zoladex as tried Tamoxifen before chemo and didn’t do much. It is so nice to hear how you are doing so well.
Take Care
Allie
Hi Cassy,
That is great news. So pleased for you.
I will tell you this as encouragement for everyone else:
I was Dx in March 07 and soon after a WLE and started on FEC was told I had a liver secondary 3.8cm in size. Had one more dose of FEC then wasted a few months piddling around with repeated low blood counts and then tiny doses of Taxol with Herceptin. Been attending hosp every week for these all through the summer - what a total drag. I had a repeat scan a few weeks ago and it’s now 2.1cm! They’re going to count that whole summer fiasco as two cycles and give me four more big shots of taxol and Herceptin (I’ve had one - hope my blood count’s OK for the next one on monday). I’m fed up that the 6 cycles of treatment that should have been finished mid-August will now take me up to December, but I can’t complain as it seems to be doing the trick, even with all the cancelled treatments and interruptions, and shrinking the little b***er.
Hope this encourages you all to keep on going.
All the very best to all
Jacquie