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What a great thread...and some very inspiring stories! I graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a degree in business administration. I have worked for the past 10 years (up until my diagnosis and subsequent disability leave) as a client manager at a major financial services company in the Boston area. I loved my job, but since I was diagnosed at Stage 4 while 34 weeks pregnant with my daughter, I have remained out on long-term disability. So, my latest "job" is concentrating on getting/being well and being Mom to my now 16 month old daughter and 6 1/2 year old son. I met my husband on a blind date in 1995 and knew on the 2nd date that this was the man I was going to marry. Next month, we will celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary and my husband and I will also both be celebrating our 40th birthdays next month.
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Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old)
Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted
Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go)
ER-, PR-, HER2+
Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol.
Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans).
Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks)
Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that.
June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007.
Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.
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