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This Cardiologist has been studying the effects of Herceptin on the heart here in Winnipeg. I am patient number 82 for him for just this reason. He started to do his study in 2006. The 1/3 comments were for women who developed heart issues. The ones who require transplants are the ones with scores of 10%. They also had other underlying issues. Thankfully I am healthy and my only risk factor was the smoking, which over time will heal itself as well. I think that the point he is making is that he feels the damage is more substantial than they initially thought.
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Michelle Dick
" Adversity Reveals your strength"
Dx August 15th/07
Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
ER/PR- negative, HER2- positive
Stage 11 with tumor size 3.5cm, .7cm satelite node
Sx Oct 2nd/07
Skin sparing mastectomy of left breast
immediate reconstruction DIEP flap
Nodes 0/3 Sentinal Node Biopsy
Chemo started Nov, 3 rounds FEC and 3 rounds Taxotere and Herceptin every three weeks
Radiation 28 Tx ended on June 13/08
Herceptin was stopped due to falling MUGA score (went from 62 down to 42)
Cardiologist Appt June 24th
Ramipril 2x/d to protect heart and hopefully increase LVEF
Officially NED
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