We feel good about Dr. Laura's doctors appointment today. The bottom line is she will start a new regiment of Chemotherapy next Tuesday. She will be on TDM-1 which is a targeted chemo. Herceptin marks the HER2 + cancer and the chemo attachs specific proteins in the herceptin has marked so it's a two stage process on the cancer cells.
Dr Raish feels good about trying something else and is hopeful. I feel like it's a new treatment which will hopefully keep Laura alive another year. With another year new things come on the market and new trials will come too.
Particulars about her cancer: The worry some spot in her lower left lung is indeed cancer and it has grown 5 mm in the past six weeks. Dr Raish is not worried about her lung spot right now. Also it will be a good marker to see if the TSM-1 is working.
Three of the brain tumors that she had zapped out last week where there before. They have all grown since last January where they were Gamma knifed out.
Actually a more positive visit than this sounds like
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