New shoes, First off I'd like to welcome you to to the board. (Although I'm sorry you had to join us under these circumstances.) As to herceptin as the other women have already said...one yr is the standard protocol for now. I am a stage III'er with positive nodes & I really *pushed* hard to get a 2nd year. My onc wasn't for it but she did let me go to a larger cancer center for their opinion. And as I thought...I was shot down again there too because the HERA results were pushed back. Last I heard the results of the HERA trials will be out in 2008 or as late as 2009. Some one correct me if its different then that? But for now...it is one year...unless you get a *nice* onc that will ok it. (I know a few that have.) 
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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