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Linda2 · 01-04-2007, 05:45 PM

Hi everyone. I am new to this site and am amazed at how many of us with the HER2 gene are out there. I have found this site to be very helpful in my days of panic.

I just finished my yearly Herceptin and figured that is was time to have the port taken out. My onc wishes me to keep it in for a year or 2 longer; just get it flushed every 6 weeks. She tells me it is easier to keep it in than to have it taken out and then put back in.

Is she trying to tell me that there is a good chance the cancer will come back? My tumor markers were at 15 after chemo and now they have risen to 30. Does this mean that the cancer is starting to grow again?

God bless everyone. Thanks in advance for any opinions on this.

01-04-2007, 05:45 PM	#1
Linda2 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Millstadt, IL Posts: 19	Port to stay in Hi everyone. I am new to this site and am amazed at how many of us with the HER2 gene are out there. I have found this site to be very helpful in my days of panic. I just finished my yearly Herceptin and figured that is was time to have the port taken out. My onc wishes me to keep it in for a year or 2 longer; just get it flushed every 6 weeks. She tells me it is easier to keep it in than to have it taken out and then put back in. Is she trying to tell me that there is a good chance the cancer will come back? My tumor markers were at 15 after chemo and now they have risen to 30. Does this mean that the cancer is starting to grow again? God bless everyone. Thanks in advance for any opinions on this. __________________ Linda2 DX 6/2005 Stage IIA, Grade I ER/PR +, HER2 +++ Lumpectomy on Left breast 7/2005 No lymph nodes involved 4 cycles of A/C 12 weekly doses Taxol and Herceptin 33 Rads Herceptin for one year ended 12/2006 Femara for 5 years NED as of now