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Sherry,
If I were in your shoes I would definitely have a talk with your brother. It's not that you and your husband "need" or "don't need" anything, it's a matter of principal. From what I've been reading you and your husband are the ones who have been giving your brother the support he needs. If you don't speak to your brother and tell him how his decision has affected you, before you know it you will begin to resent him through no fault of your own. And as for your brother thining that you don't have much time -- I'd have to tell him otherwise. You are a fighter and are going to be her for a long time to come. Please talk to your brother before a wedge is driven between the two of you.
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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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