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JillaryJill · 11-24-2011, 02:24 PM

My last Herceptin treatment will be December 22, 2011. For a while I had all kinds of anxiety and was asking my onc about clinical trials for Tykerb etc. to extend my treatment. She sort of lectured me and told me, there is less than a 10% chance I will get this back with all the treatment I had. She said, they threw the book at me and she treats a large number of early Stage er,pr-Her2+++. The cure results have been excellent. Somehow I have been able to mentally "give up" my anxiety about my Herceptin ending. Holding onto more treatment options would prolong going on with my life. I have decided to go on with my life and not spend one more day worrying about getting this back.

11-24-2011, 02:24 PM	#9
JillaryJill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 271	Re: Last herceptin tomorrow! My last Herceptin treatment will be December 22, 2011. For a while I had all kinds of anxiety and was asking my onc about clinical trials for Tykerb etc. to extend my treatment. She sort of lectured me and told me, there is less than a 10% chance I will get this back with all the treatment I had. She said, they threw the book at me and she treats a large number of early Stage er,pr-Her2+++. The cure results have been excellent. Somehow I have been able to mentally "give up" my anxiety about my Herceptin ending. Holding onto more treatment options would prolong going on with my life. I have decided to go on with my life and not spend one more day worrying about getting this back. __________________ DX November 2010 Brain MRI, CT of lung, liver, bone, all clear Double Mastectomy w/expanders December 1, 2010 ER- PR- Her2+++, grade 3, 12 positive nodes out of 15 Stage IIIc Started TCH/Chemo December 31, 2010 6 rounds TCH Herceptin every 3 weeks for a year 33 rounds of TomoTube radiation, to chest wall, neck, skin and lymph area September, 2011, MRI to lower spine, hips, DX bulging disk, L4 & L5, pain not from cancer Expanders removed, implants in Dec 1, 2011 Finished Herceptin, December 21, 2011 August 2012, CT of chest and abdomen, all ok Enrolled in MC1136 Phase I Peptide Vaccine Trial at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota March 2013, First Vaccine April 2013, 2nd Vaccine May 2013, 3rd Vaccine June 2013, 4th Vaccine July 2013, 5th Vaccine August 2013, 6th Vaccine Done! September 2013, Mayo visit, Echo results 68, vaccine did not effect my heart! Blood work normal. January 31, 2013, Mayo visit, Echo normal February 23, 2014, Numb lips on right side, Brain MRI, normal! June, 2015, Finished the trial at Mayo Clinic. Feels good!