Please know that all treatment options for breast cancer are not appropriate for me. We have genetically sequenced my cancer tumors twice. So we know which treatments are best suited to combat my specific form of ER+PR+HER2- breast cancer. We have been sent information from many friends with treatment ideas. We do discuss many of them with my doctors, but most do not address my cancer and therefore would prove either less effective than my current treatments if not completely ineffective. For instance, immunotherapy that has had success in other cancer settings is still not an option for me because the genetic makeup of my cancer is resistant to the treatment. For a drug to be effective it must target ER+PR+HER- breast cancer and the particular subset within that larger group which contain the ERS1 mutation.
What Do Your Children Know?
Our children were ages 1, 3 and 5 when I was originally diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2019. We…
Do You Have A Support System?
We live in a unique age of history with the ability to communicate with friends (and strangers) all over the…
Why Keep the Faith
Some have wondered why I didn’t abandon my faith after receiving my diagnosis. On the one hand, I like the…
How are you coping?
Near the beginning of my cancer journey, both Peter and I were studying the Bible and came to realize that…
Will You Run Out of Treatment Options?
The short answer is no. Most likely my body will wear out before we can exhaust all the various treatment…
How Many More Chemo Treatments Do You Have?
I don’t know. I started chemotherapy (Abraxane) in May 2021. I had my last infusion the last week of January…
Why Did Your Hair Only Recently Fall Out?
At first, I did not lose my hair because my treatment consisted of two hormonal therapy drugs. While the medicine…
Could You Have a Liver Transplant?
Just as cancer is a tragic diagnosis, there is tragedy involved in the liver transplant process. One life is given…
Do You Have Different Types of Cancer?
Though cancer has invaded my breast, spine, lymph nodes, and liver, I only have one type of cancer, ER+PR+HER2- breast…
Why Didn’t You Sue Your Doctor?
We chose not to sue because of our spiritual convictions and my desire to devote my emotional energy to my…
Did You Feel A Lump?
I first felt a lump in my left breast while breast feeding our youngest daughter during the last months of…
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