I just found out earlier tonight that my mom was diagnosed today with metastatic breast cancer to the hip. Her original breast cancer was diagnosed 1999. She had radiation, chemotherapy and surgery. In 2005, she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer to the lungs. Near the end of her chemo, she contracted a blood infection which almost killed her. She had to stop treatments because the antibiotic she was on 24/7 through an IV was so strong she couldn't take her chemo at the same time, which in turn let more cancer spread in her lung. Since her first bout with lung cancer (minus the 3 months she was taken off for antibiotics) she has been on weekly chemo and herceptin IV drip once a week. I don't really know what I am asking here, but I'm just looking for some answers anyone has for anything she's been though. If she's been getting treatments for this long, and herceptin, which is a medicine to pretty much keep you in remission, why is it still spreading?
2007-03-08 14:47:41 · 1 answers · asked by Just Me 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Unfortunately, cancer can build up a resistance to chemotherapy drugs especially the longer you stay on them and it seems that this may have happened with your Mom. There may be other chemo drugs or treatments they can offer her. Much will depend on her overall health right now, age, response to different treatment, and willingness to continue the fight.
Good luck to you. I so understand what you are going through! My son is facing surgery, stem cell rescue, and radiation in the next few months.
Courage to you.
2007-03-08 15:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by Panda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋