{"id":3723,"date":"2016-05-06T18:56:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T00:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2016-09-21T21:55:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T03:55:34","slug":"tumor-markers-not-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/06\/tumor-markers-not-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumor Markers are Not My Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t feel like going up and getting my tumor markers before my appointment and now I wish I had. a 30 point jump this last go is a good spike (It has been creeping 10 points or so and now a big one). We added a new marker to watch, but have nothing to compare it to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-06-at-11.32.52-AM1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-06-at-11.32.52-AM1.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-06 at 11.32.52 AM\" width=\"664\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-06-at-11.32.52-AM1.png 664w, https:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-06-at-11.32.52-AM1-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should get an award for an all time high in cancer activity in my body. Not sure I want to stand on stage for this one. &#8220;I would like to that the nasty little brat cancer cells growing in my body, thank you for reading my breast cancer blog&#8230; and thanks to the academy.&#8221; Ummm&#8230; no&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My oncologist is ready to start looking at the next form of treatment. The most likely on the list is Kadcycla also known by its study name TDM-1. Which is a HER2 treatment.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t dive into study zone with an MRI that shows a lot of brain activity. We are talking about waiting until after my next MRI, although I don&#8217;t expect that to come back with &#8220;no growth&#8221; I just expect it to come back with a clear indication on where we will radiate next in my brain and how. It also means 2 more Taxotere infusions &#8211; but I would be up for another PET-CT, so we would start from scratch on where I am when we start the next thing. It just seems like an awfully long time to wait (of course we have to wait out the infusion I had yesterday).<\/p>\n<p>So it means I probably need to stick to tried and true treatments. Kadcycla is considered to cross the blood brain barrier and I imagine an estrogren blocker will go back in (maybe time to try the ol&#8217; Affinitor again). This also means I will grow hair again.<\/p>\n<p>My pen pal (my oncologist) and I are writing. Decisions will be made. 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