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Yes, Angela, welcome to the club that no one wants to join... We were all in a state of shock when first diagnosed, I'm sure. It's all so daunting and scary - anxiety could be your middle name. But you will get through it, be strong, you are a triple positive (that's the lingo for ER+PR+Her2+) like me - you have a great arsenal of treatment ahead of you - chemo, Herceptin(our magic drug) and the anti-estrogen drugs like Tamoxifen and the AIs., possibly radiation.
Take it one day at a time. Chemo is doable, and you WILL get through it. I'm nearly 3 years out from diagnosis, doing great. You will too.
all the best
caya
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ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+
1.7 cm and 1.0 cm.
Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested)
MRM Dec.18/06
3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere
Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08
Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years
Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012
BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative
Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal
Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so.
Reclast infusion January 2012
Oopherectomy October 2013
15 Years NED!!
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