I wish Christine got a perfect report...but at least her Rad onc is not in a panic. I know she has a good team to depend on & they will keep a close eye on her. Here's hoping it remains stable or just up and disappears. 
That is amazing that Christine has been on herceptin 8 years. Thats a major mile stone with herceptin. I can't help but believe herceptin has to be given some credit in how well Christine has done. I wish the results of the HERA trials would come out because I think there are so many of us that could benefit from it. (Might be wrong...but I feel that way.) But happy *her-anniversary* Christine! Good luck to you both at the ASCO Symposium. I hope you guys make time to have some fun while in San Francisco. Enjoy!
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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