What have you done?!? 😅😅😅

Why was Pink Pony Club the song stuck in my head all throughout my oncology appointment yesterday?

The SHARON clinical trial is stem cell rescue for metastatic pancreatic & HER2-negative breast cancers w/ BRCA1/2 or PALB2 mutations. My stem cell rescue in 1999 is looking like it was worth it. Maybe it has been my “secret” all along #BRCA #MetastaticCancer #ClinicalTrials #StemCellRescue #mbc

In other news, my tumor markers are slowly dropping, PET scan looks okay to my layman’s eyes, but I’ll get the Dr view on Tuesday. Which happens to be my last appointment with her bcuz she is effing leaving! 😩 I’m a sad oddity

More GrokAi summary of clinical trials: ”DESTINY-Breast06 trial results are in! Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) outperformed chemo in HR+, HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, delaying growth by 13.2 vs. 8.1 months. Final data expected 2025.” #breastcancer #mbc #stage4 #clinicaltrials

Asked GROKai for a BlueSky post on MBC tings
“TROPION-Breast01 trial just wrapped up! Datopotamab deruxtecan (IV ADC) beat chemo in HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer, delaying growth by 6.9 vs. 4.9 months. Better quality of life too! Final survival data coming in 2025.Big step for MBC treatment!”

I’m having a salad for lunch. Wish me luck 😳
(For reference I’m on Verzenio, main side effect diarrhea proceeded by intense abdominal cramps, the kind that make you rock and uncontrollably say “ow ow ow fucking ow” out loud. This happens approximately 4-5 days a week. Sometimes at 2am.)

Yes, it will definitely help with communicating what you want if the doctors aren’t being helpful.

In case you don’t about it already, there is a website called Not Putting On A Shirt that has tons of info, including a list of flat friendly surgeons (I think it all US based, I’m not sure where you are)

I’ve found that it hurts less if I stand (because I’ve got other physical issues), so I’ve got a tall table I use. But it means I can only do short sessions which is extremely frustrating. 😭

Thanks! I stopped for a long time due to degenerative disc’s in my neck and shoulder dysfunction. But I’m carefully starting again. I even won 2nd in the little art show I entered that piece in, so that was an unexpected surprise 😊

Yeah, it’s as if I don’t realize every day of my life that I’m living on borrowed time and there is a huge list of people I’ve met over the past 26 years who are now dead and I’m not.

Here there be arting

“Shingles doesn’t care” was my fave public health messaging until Ashley coined:

“Mumps makes your ball shrivel.”⭐️

I can’t TELL you how much I LOVE being told how lucky I am to have lived this long because so many others die from breast cancer. bESt peP TaLk eVeR 😐

I was joking (?) about the timing of it starting oh…around the 20th. 😏

I started Verzenio on January 1st, and was encouraged that I wasn’t having too many side effects. Fast forward and starting this week I have been plagued with the worst GI gut cramping, 2am bathroom sprints, eating Imodium like they’re Pez candies side effects. The timing makes me go hmmmmm 🤨

Because it is needed right now. #lgbtq

If they think this stunt is going to endear him to us…they made a big mistake. Big. Huge. This has stirred up a deeper and wider level of disgust in me than ever before.

I know 😞 They ruin everything.

Yep, the cut was fast. 🥺

Trump was the one who started with the whole ban thing back in 2020. Now he’s going to be the hero for saving it? Yuck 🤮

😂

At least I’m stable 😏
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As per latest PET scan, at least 👍

Jimmy refused to put one toe in 2025. Can you blame him?

Does anyone else resist getting out of bed in the morning because they don’t want to acknowledge what their life has in store for them? Or is that just me? It can’t be just me.

Boy do they! And it’s my fault for not keeping up with the PT exercises that help keep things in their place 😬

Next scan is in abt 10 days. It’s was a regular 3 month scan, so the dr still wants to see what’s what. Little scared since I’ve had a total of 7weeks of no pills. At least the injections keep happening 😂

Enzymes just back into normal range. The new med is being delivered next week. I’m just hoping I haven’t grown anything new while I’ve been off meds 😬

Random reminder while I was flying on muscle relaxants for back spasms (and hopefully not new spinal mets)
Music by Ummet Ozcan
#breastcancer #mastectomy #flatclosure #stage4 #cansky #knowledgeispower #brca