Cancer update for any and all who may be curious...

So far so good! To inform any who have not been in the know from the get go, I started on a chemotherapy regiment of taxol and herceptin approximately 15 weeks ago. Herceptin is a hormone therapy that has worked wonders with so many women who have my type of cancer, which is an estrogen positive cancer. Unfortunately this type of cancer is incredibly aggressive, so it takes extra work to stop it in its tracks. Last week I had another CT scan to restage. Thankfully, the results were extremely positive. The tumors have shrunk drastically and many have disappeared. right now the plan is to continue this cocktail and to try to incorporate the use of the drug TDM 1. Many of you may have received my mothers pleas to sign the online petition for the speedy approval of TdM 1. This drug has yet to be approved by the FDA despite 6 years of testing and yielding incredible results. Last month, my mother and I went to Boston to a rally to fast track the approval of the drug by the FDA. There we met several men and women who had participated in clinical trials and were alive because of the drug. My new friend Lorraine donned a shirt that said " I am a TDM 1 miracle." this was no exaggeration. Two years prior she had too many tumors to count, after flying to Virginia every three week to be part of a TDM 1 study. The tumors have since disappeared and she is now nearly two years with no evidence of disease. Is drug is genuinely saving lives. If you have not signed the petition, I implore you to consider it. I would really love to benefit from this drug. I want to stick around!