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Re: new here suggestions welcome
I am sorry that you are having to go through this. But you have found a great source of information and support. I was originally diagnosed as stage four but they are not sure at this point what stage I was. I ended up having a mastectomy. I know many of the women on this board have had reconstruction but I have not made my mind up about that yet for me. the main thing is to find an oncologist, in my opinion, that will spend the time to discuss options with you and be willing to answer questions. For example, why did you not receive traditional chemotherapy, etc.? Hope it goes great for you!
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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