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sassy · 09-06-2008, 08:41 PM

Michelle,

I "stumbled" upon this site while searching for anything I could find on my cancer that would give me hope. The post I stumbled upon was yours, stating how you had 35 positive nodes, but were cancer free at almost two years out due to Herceptin. I bookmarked that post and read it every time I hit panic mode. You gave me such hope, that my 5 positive nodes did not doom me.

Congratulations on your five years and may they grow exponentially!

09-06-2008, 08:41 PM	#3
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	Michelle, I "stumbled" upon this site while searching for anything I could find on my cancer that would give me hope. The post I stumbled upon was yours, stating how you had 35 positive nodes, but were cancer free at almost two years out due to Herceptin. I bookmarked that post and read it every time I hit panic mode. You gave me such hope, that my 5 positive nodes did not doom me. Congratulations on your five years and may they grow exponentially! __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!