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Muga
I started with a MUGA every 12 weeks, but because my LVEF dropped from 61% to 51% after 9 weeks of Taxol and Herceptin, I am now having a MUGA scan every 4 weeks. My LVEF rose to 60%; now it's 56%. I'm hoping that we both get to stay on Herceptin.
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IDC Stage IIIA
Diagnosed Nov 2006 (routine mammogram), age 51
Lumpectomy, lymph node dissection Dec 2006
3 cm tumor, 8 cancerous lymph nodes
Grade 3, ER/PR -, HER-2/neu +++ (by FISH, average 20 copies per cell)
A/C x 4, Taxol x 12, Herceptin x 47 weeks
35 radiation treatments
Completed treatment on April 3, 2008
Chest port removed October 2009
11 years since diagnosis NED
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