Hi everyone, I’m back with an update. As I feared, my mom was unable to continue the previous treatment (Ibrance and Faslodex). We also received the biopsy results for the lymph node under her arm, and it confirmed that she now has triple-negative breast cancer.

On top of this, out of nowhere, she started experiencing excruciating, unbearable pain in her arm. We’ve been to multiple clinics and done a lot of tests. We saw a cardiologist and a neurologist, but neither could find the cause of the pain within their specialties.

In the meantime, she had another CT scan. Unfortunately, just as we suspected, the previous treatment caused pneumonitis in her lungs. The good news is that we caught it and stopped the medication in time. Next week, we are going to a pulmonologist, who will likely prescribe prednisone (corticosteroids) again to help her lungs heal, and hopefully something for the fibrosis.

At our last oncology visit, after reviewing the new biopsy and the CT scan, the doctor decided to change her treatment completely. She is now on day 2 of a new chemotherapy called Capecitabine (Xeloda). She is on the maximum dosage, 5 pills in the morning and 5 in the evening. The oncologist hopes this new treatment will finally help ease the terrible pain in her arm. Right now, she can barely sleep at all, even though she is taking 4 Lyrica pills a day for the pain. Anyone who says cancer doesn't hurt is wrong, and my mother's arm is heartbreaking proof of that.

I don't have any other information right now. I am just glad her treatment was changed, and I am praying it brings some positive results. I will keep you all updated.

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