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Deciding whether to go on abemaciclib (brand name Verzenio)
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Welcome, @slapshotmary.
"On October 12, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved abemaciclib (Verzenio) in combination with endocrine therapy (either an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen) following surgery to treat some people with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. Under the approval, patients’ cancers must have spread to nearby lymph nodes and exhibit certain traits that make the cancer more likely to come back, including high levels of a protein called Ki-67." https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2021/abemaciclib-early-stage-breast-cancer
Mary, are you HR-positive and HER2 negative?
PS: I love your username. Are you a hockey fan?
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Colleen, I am working on questions to ask my oncologist at RMCC for my meeting on January 27. I know they work with Mayo Clinic. Would it be appropriate for me to ask for a second opinion from him to send to Mayo? I first want to have a deeper conversation about my cancer and the abemaciclib. I hoping our next conversation is better than our first meeting where he told me about the drug and the major side effect was diarrhea. Plus he just said I would be a good candidate. I didn't know at that meeting what to ask. Now, because of you and this wonderful site, I feel confident going into my next meeting with good questions. I have already postponed the injections of Prolia until a second DEXA Scan. I'm seeing an orthopedic guy for a second opinion. I want to do what feels right for me but also not cause more problems with my health. I want to beat cancer for good. I don't want to be a patient that is argumentative about my treatment. Again, thank you for having this forum for me to vent and think out loud. I feel that I can be heard and I have a voice.