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Thank you Mary Anne and caya--
I think sometimes I am still in shock--for the longest time, I kept thinking 'this must be a dream(I know more like a nightmare)' and 'this can't be happening to me'--
I took care of my parents before they passed-both of cancer-so when I started going to the 'cancer center' where my Oncologist is located--it was very surreal--like what am "I" doing here--"I can't be here for me"
I think I was about half way through my treatment, when I got that I was going to the 'cancer center' for ME--
I am so grateful everyday for the love and support of friends and family--
My heart goes out to all of you fighting this disease--I realize how lucky I am when I read about and see at the treatment center women much younger than I with small children-or even very young women without children-or women with more advanced disease than mine-and women fighting this disease for many, many years-----you are my hero's!!!!!!
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DX: 11/08 Age: 53
Surgery: 1/09
Bilat Mastectomy, no reconstruction
ILC-4 tumors-1.7 cm,1.5 cm (2).8 cm
DCIS-11 cm
All tumors Grade 3
All tumors ER-0%/PR-0%
All tumors HER2+
IHC-all tumors Overexpression/borderline
FISH 2 tumors Her2-Negative
FISH 2 tumors Her2+ Equivocal
Stage I, 0/1 nodes
LVI-Indeterminate(treated as positive)
SPR Score 8/9
Ki-67 20%
BRCA genetic test 1/2=negative
Chemo: 6 rounds TAC Feb-June 2009 w/Neulasta
Herceptin: 6/12/09-6/4/10 52weeks
HNPCC genetic test: negative
Port Placement-9/23/09 Port Removal 6/25/10
Echo's every 3 months-All normal
2/09 Staging PET/CT showed 0.2 micronodule upper R lobe-lung-Onc does not think this is mets--
6/5/09 AND 10/09 CT scan 0.2 micronodule unchanged
1/10-PET/CT-uptake in nasopharynx-
1/10-MRI All normal
6/10-Bone Scan-clear
12/10-PET/CT-All Clear-NED
12/11-PET-All Clear-NED
12/12-PET-All Clear-NED
12/13-CT w/contrast Head, Torso-All Clear
12/14-CT w/contrast Head-All Clear
2/15-Core needle biopsy-R scar line
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