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    • August 6, 2014 at 9:42 am
    vicuk
    Participant

    My friend Helen has just had results from latest scan and all tumours either decayed or too small to measure and are being held stable. She has been been on Dab/Tram trial for 2 years and 1 month and was initially given 6 months to live.

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      • August 6, 2014 at 1:49 pm
      Bubbles
      Participant

      Wonderful! Nice to hear these longer term responses! Best to you both! Celeste

      • August 6, 2014 at 1:49 pm
      Bubbles
      Participant

      Wonderful! Nice to hear these longer term responses! Best to you both! Celeste

      • August 6, 2014 at 1:49 pm
      Bubbles
      Participant

      Wonderful! Nice to hear these longer term responses! Best to you both! Celeste

      • August 6, 2014 at 8:19 pm
      DZnDef
      Participant

      Excellent news!  Thank you so much for sharing.  Two years is an impressive amount of time for that combo.  Lets hope she can keep it going for another ….. 30 years!

      Maggie

      • August 6, 2014 at 8:19 pm
      DZnDef
      Participant

      Excellent news!  Thank you so much for sharing.  Two years is an impressive amount of time for that combo.  Lets hope she can keep it going for another ….. 30 years!

      Maggie

        • August 8, 2014 at 8:46 am
        rick1981
        Participant

        Wow, very happy to hear!! And are the side effects still managable?

        • August 9, 2014 at 5:41 pm
        vicuk
        Participant

        Hey there,

        The amazing thing is that she doesn't have any side effects. She's been back at work for 2 years, fit as a fiddle. She and her husband recently completed building a new house and  she's off on holiday on Monday. She has to wear Factor 50 all the time and has had some hair thinning that only she notices. It's a miracle and I hope it continues for a very very long time.

        She had a scan last week and got the results; initially she had a big tumour in her pelvis that has gradually been shrunk, then decayed, then was a 'fatty deposit' and the latest scan showed that it has totally disappeared. Nothing there! Her lung tumours are too small to measure.

        Best wishes,

        Vic.

        • August 9, 2014 at 5:41 pm
        vicuk
        Participant

        Hey there,

        The amazing thing is that she doesn't have any side effects. She's been back at work for 2 years, fit as a fiddle. She and her husband recently completed building a new house and  she's off on holiday on Monday. She has to wear Factor 50 all the time and has had some hair thinning that only she notices. It's a miracle and I hope it continues for a very very long time.

        She had a scan last week and got the results; initially she had a big tumour in her pelvis that has gradually been shrunk, then decayed, then was a 'fatty deposit' and the latest scan showed that it has totally disappeared. Nothing there! Her lung tumours are too small to measure.

        Best wishes,

        Vic.

        • August 10, 2014 at 8:24 pm
        jualonso
        Participant
        Is really good to know that people are on combo for a long time, I hope to be one of them 🙂
        Do you know if your friend is doing any drug holiday?

        Best wishes

        • August 11, 2014 at 9:37 am
        vicuk
        Participant

        Hello,

        No drug holiday. She takes her tabs every day twice a day.

        Kind regards.

        • August 11, 2014 at 9:37 am
        vicuk
        Participant

        Hello,

        No drug holiday. She takes her tabs every day twice a day.

        Kind regards.

        • August 11, 2014 at 9:37 am
        vicuk
        Participant

        Hello,

        No drug holiday. She takes her tabs every day twice a day.

        Kind regards.

        • August 10, 2014 at 8:24 pm
        jualonso
        Participant
        Is really good to know that people are on combo for a long time, I hope to be one of them 🙂
        Do you know if your friend is doing any drug holiday?

        Best wishes

        • August 10, 2014 at 8:24 pm
        jualonso
        Participant
        Is really good to know that people are on combo for a long time, I hope to be one of them 🙂
        Do you know if your friend is doing any drug holiday?

        Best wishes

        • August 9, 2014 at 5:41 pm
        vicuk
        Participant

        Hey there,

        The amazing thing is that she doesn't have any side effects. She's been back at work for 2 years, fit as a fiddle. She and her husband recently completed building a new house and  she's off on holiday on Monday. She has to wear Factor 50 all the time and has had some hair thinning that only she notices. It's a miracle and I hope it continues for a very very long time.

        She had a scan last week and got the results; initially she had a big tumour in her pelvis that has gradually been shrunk, then decayed, then was a 'fatty deposit' and the latest scan showed that it has totally disappeared. Nothing there! Her lung tumours are too small to measure.

        Best wishes,

        Vic.

        • August 8, 2014 at 8:46 am
        rick1981
        Participant

        Wow, very happy to hear!! And are the side effects still managable?

        • August 8, 2014 at 8:46 am
        rick1981
        Participant

        Wow, very happy to hear!! And are the side effects still managable?

      • August 6, 2014 at 8:19 pm
      DZnDef
      Participant

      Excellent news!  Thank you so much for sharing.  Two years is an impressive amount of time for that combo.  Lets hope she can keep it going for another ….. 30 years!

      Maggie

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