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I had a normal mammogram July 2006, found lump in my breast myself Oct. 2006. Had lumpectomy Friday 13th, 2006, Oct. 20th, 2006 Left breast mastectomy, 2.5 cm tumor, negative nodes, ER/PR positive, Her2 Positive comfirmed by FISH. Stage IIA. Started 4 rounds A/C Nov. 2006 followed by 4 rounds Taxol/Herceptin. Continued with herceptin until Jan 8, 2008. Was started on Arimidex March 2007. June 2007 prophlactic mastectomy Right breast (no reconstruction) Stopped Arimidex Aug 2007 due to severe joint pain and was started on Aromasin stopped this Dec. 2007 due to severe joint pain and bruising. Brain MRI Oct 2007 showed pineal cyst no cancer/ PET SCAN Dec. 2007 negative. Now have lump in Right side of neck, onc thinks this is a lymph node, but all test including tumor markers normal. When all this started I was age 52 now 53 and still going strong or trying too!!!
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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