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Re: Add me to the brain mets list
Hi Liz,
I am so sorry you are faced with this. I hope the WBR does away with them.
Maybe we should all be asking for brain MRIs. I have not had one done and I know first hand how tumors in the brain can go undetected. My first husband (of 35 years) died with a glioblastoma that was 10 cm in size when he began having symptoms. It was in the left frontal lobe which I was told was the "silent" part of the brain and therefore, no symptoms.
I think I will ask for one when I go back in June for my check up.
Sandra
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Diagnosed: 7/25/08 ~ age 63, no family history
Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
Vaccine: Walter Reed GP2/AE37 vaccine study ~ last booster 9/17/2012
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