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Update - 1/8/26

  • Writer: Stacy Caldwell
    Stacy Caldwell
  • Jan 11
  • 2 min read

Just giving a quick update after meeting with my oncologist this morning. 


Overall everything went ok.  I will have to switch to my third line of therapy which would be Xeloda, Tucatinib and Herceptin.  Xeloda is a chemo pill I would have to take twice daily for 2 weeks on, 1 week off. Tucatinib is another pill I would have to take daily, and Herceptin would be IV every three weeks.  The plan is to start this new treatment on Jan. 27th which would be my next infusion date, however, I am going to try and get a 2nd opinion from the Mayo clinic before then to see if they have any clinical trials available for 3rd line therapy and onward for HER2+ metastatic breast cancer.  Right now, I have an appointment with Mayo for a biopsy to check for sub-type changes on Jan. 20th and working to see if I can meet with Dr. Goetz prior to Jan. 22nd when I meet back with Dr. Lassi to go over my plan before starting my third line of therapy.


Dr. Lassi also requested a Guardiant360 liquid biopsy which was drawn today, that will check for circulating DNA tumor cells and mutations that we could potentially target, and those results will be available in a few weeks. 


I am feeling good with the plan overall.  Supposedly these new drugs should have minimal side effects and I won't lose my hair which is good to hear. Dr. Lassi also said that my progression could have been worse, such as having progression in my liver or colon, which would be most concerning and that would mean 1-2 years left to live.  She did say I am probably looking at more like 5 to 7 years right now, but all dependent on what these next set of drugs do.  I am trying to take the wins when I get them and still have so much hope that something will work on me, and for a long time.


Onward we go from here and continuing to take it one day a time.  If there is one thing I know, it’s that I am going to live the heck out of the time I left!  Soaking up every day as much as I can and finding little moments of joy in each day. 

Thank you all for the continued love and support, always.


Love, Stacy

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