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Old 10-22-2006, 03:37 PM   #18
tousled1
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Soccer Mom,

Welcome to the board, but sorry you had to find yourself here. Sounds to me like all you are waiting to hear regarding the pathology report is whether they got clean margins or not and if the lymph nodes are positive.

And please do write your questions down as you think of them and take them to your doctor's appointment. That's what I did because everytime I left her office I would think of questions I should have asked. Now before she even leaves the room, she asks me if I have my list of questions! It is so hard in the beginning even knowing what to ask let alone remembering everything that the oncologist will tell you. I like to call it selective hearing - we only hear as much as we are willing to accept.

Any time you have any questions, or just need to vent or need some support this is the place to come. The women on this board are extremely knowledgeable and compassionate.
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Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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