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I want to thank everyone for their support. This is such a bummer! I have now joined the Stage IV club -- a little sooner than I anticipated though.
I have a great oncologist and have complete trust and confidencein her. I was the one who requested the CT scan. The reason I requested it was that was HER2 serum went from 7.1 up to 9.5 -- still well below the "normal" of 15. Also my tumor marker went up from 15.3 to 30.1 -- again below the 'Normal of 35. I'm just glad that my onc ordered the scan because we caught the mets early.
I don't know all the details on the mets -- how large or how many but will have that info on Friday. I'm also asked her to send me for a brain MRI since I haven't had one since last July.
You women have been such a great support to me for the last eyar and a half and I'm happy that I have you guys to depend on while I go through my next regime. I will keep you posted.
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Kate
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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