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Tom, my mom is seeing Dr. Shroff at MDA and we love her. She has had 3 cycles of Cis/Gem and tumor is shrinking we are doing 3 more then adding Tarceva150mg daily. How did you do with the chemo?
My mom has been taking Cis/Gem for 6 treatments and her tumor is shrinking. She is going to take 6 more treatments and then they are going to add Tarceva 150mg daily. I’ll let you know how it goes. She goes to MD Anderson.
Thank you all for responding to my post! It’s nice to not feel so alone. We had our initial consultation with MD Anderson and the doctor there was amazing. She listened to and answered all of my questions. I thanked her for not telling us to go home and enjoy the time my mom had left and she said that that was ridiculous. At MD Anderson they tend to treat rather aggressively, she said some people would even accuse them of being too aggressive. My mom had extensive labs, tumor markers, chest x-ray, CT chest, abdomen, pelvis, 4 phase and her case with the results were presented at Liver Tumor Board last Tuesday. We return this Monday for the results and the plan of action for treatment. I will keep you posted! Cathy, you and I have a mutual friend, Kim. I found her on Facebook because I was investigating her surgeon Dr. Kato from New York Presbyterian. She and I talk frequently on FB and spoke on the phone last week. She had told me of you and your story when I mentioned to her that if MD Anderson was not successful we were heading to Barnes-Jewish for the next evaluation. I had already made that decision! I would love to chat with you sometime. On second thought, I would love for you to chat with my mom sometime! Thanks! Faith in Healing (Jennifer)
