Well, we certainly were not expecting this - but we got some good news today! Despite the rise in tumor markers (CEA and CA27-29), Sarah's liver mets are around 50% smaller in size... so Abraxane did work afterall. There's still the question of why the markers were up, but we are celebrating that we've finally found something that helps fight the battle in her liver.
Since Sarah has already started the new drug Gemzar, we'll keep doing that for four treatments and check markers again. If it is also effective then she'll stick with that since Gemzar should not have the nerve-damage side effects that Abraxane and Taxotere did.
What a relief after walking around for a week thinking, "ok, how bad did it get?" Cancer is so unpredictable - we should know better by now that what you think will happen rarely does!
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YAY!!!!!!!! So glad to hear this good news. Congrats! Ijust got home from a long day (up at 4) returning from a short trip and was slugging through a ton of email and feeling blah, but this fixes that. Have a wonderful 4th. - Sharon
That is sooo wonderful! I am sure you were expecting the worst and so excited to receive such good news!
What great news and what a welcome relief. All those prayers and good thoughts must be working...we will keep on doing them from Texas.
Love, Denice
Wow great news!
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