What a grim appointment I had today...
I was lucky enough to actually see Dr Charlton, he came strolling in to clinic at 9.50am (my appointment was 9.30am).
He said my scan done in October was compared to the one I had done in March and the 5mm tumour (the one that's been there since the beginning) has grown to 7mm and there is a fresh tumour of 5mm on my lung under my mastectomy area.
He said he wants to have a biopsy done on the new tumour to ascertain which cancer it is ..the 1st oestrogen+ or the 2nd HER2+, so that they can treat it with the most effective treatment. Problem he has is knowing whether 5mm is too small to get a proper reading in the pathlab...he's going to meet with a 'lung expert' and ask them their thoughts and try and see me again within the next 2/3 weeks.
He knows my feelings on the chemo Taxotare and said that there is possibly another route we could take but I said I want to have whichever chemo he thinks will do the better job.
If the new tumour is oestrogen+ then I'll be having monthly Zoledax injections to stop my ovaries working. He did ask if it would bother me or not...I replied 'I'll jump for joy at the thought of no more periods'!!
So the plan is for him to meet with whoever, decide if a biospy is worth it at the moment or to wait until it's a bit bigger - eek!. Then decide on which treatment and when to start...he thinks if going on Taxotare to start at my first session in the New Year and have it at the same time as my Herceptin.
Taxotare is quite a harsh chemo...I could have any of the following to look forward to...
Obviously I will hate to lose my hair again and put loads of weight on BUT I'd rather be bald and fat and still be here than the alternative option....
So a bit of a scary time for us all...to say we're gutted is an understatement but knew that one day we'd get news we didn't want to hear.
Love Clare xx
