The night before my oncologists appointment I told my mom, " The best that I can hope and pray for is for the CT scan to come back clean and the new cancer to be HER2 negative".
This is what my sweet husband, Ted, and I were told ....
1. The CT scan indicates that the cancer has NOT spread to my internal organs. The CT scan is clean!!2. The biopsy results indicate that your cancer is estrogen negative, progesterone negative, and HER2 negative!!
At this point Ted and I were in the middle of a high five and getting ready to dance. Prayers have been answered. God is good!!
3. The tumour had not increased in size in the passed week so the chemo drugs are working!
This information was so amazing. It was almost a dream. This means no very expensive chemo treatments, I could stay home (no traveling to the US for treatments) and that this new cancer was NOT the nasty aggressive rogue HER2 positive cancer!! Wahoo!!
My oncologists told us, "I am still very concerned. This looks like it may be a new cancer."
So his plan is to have a meeting with the pathologist to discuss and look at the slides from my biopsies and then meet with his team of oncologists to discuss the new plan. For now, chemo continues as scheduled and surgery to remove the tumour area will be booked in probably the next 6 weeks. I also will have to start using the Nulasta shots again to increase my blood counts. So no Gemcitabine today but Herseptin is still a go. Herseptin is to treat HER2 positive cancer ... Oncologist says that we need to treat it just to be on the safe side.
In the meantime my test results continue to baffle these very well educated scientists. :) All is good. If you have been praying for me, please continue, because it is working! Dance a little, too! Life is good!!
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