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lkc Gumby · 09-05-2009, 08:29 AM

hey marcia,
another stage IIIC here. 4yrs and 4 mos out( but who's counting!)
NED, I don't look at the stats I find they are oudated and are pretty much flawed. Besides we're all unique and have unique health histories( other then BC ), etc , etc., which stats do not account for.

09-05-2009, 08:29 AM	#14
lkc Gumby Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 437	Re: Progression rates from stage IIIC to stage IV? hey marcia, another stage IIIC here. 4yrs and 4 mos out( but who's counting!) NED, I don't look at the stats I find they are oudated and are pretty much flawed. Besides we're all unique and have unique health histories( other then BC ), etc , etc., which stats do not account for. __________________ Linda Dxed Stage IIIC May 05, 12 pos nodes er/pr -neg,Her -pos LVI Right partial mast & partial axillary dissection-June14,2005 Right modified mast-no clear margins- June 30, 2005 DD AC x4 Taxotere X4 with Herceptin Rads x 35( 5 fields ) Left prophylactive mast( atypia & hyperplasia found ), put on Tamoxifen x 1 yr; D/ced due to endometrial thickening bilateral recon (saline implants)May 06 Nipple recon July 06 metformin 2010 removal of implants due to severe encapsulation, insertion of gummies 2013 Reclast Q yr NED!!!