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Hi Sue and Happy New Year to YOU!
Sometimes it does feel like a lot to keep up with - all the information and side effects! Kinda like going to college again to me sometimes. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like we are kinda in a space and time where much is changing and lots of new information is coming. What we think is good today may be labeled awful tomorrow. But it's also very exciting to see so much focus and research coming our way. I think the next generation of heroes will benefit from our frustrations!
I hope that your heart behaves itself and you can get right back on Herceptin, if that is what is needed. And also that your meds will do their stuff and work just like they are supposed to.
Have a nice New Year's Eve. I'll be thinking about ya.
mary anne
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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