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Re: What next?
Way too young,
One more thing to consider about saving eggs. In order to harvest eggs, they pump you up with hormones (yes estrogen) to stimulate multiple ovulation events. Then another complicating factor is that eggs (themselves) don't freeze and thaw well. I believe there are only a few healthy babies born (in the US) when freezing was done prior to fertilization. To really have good chances of having a healthy baby (regardless of who carries it), you need to freeze the fertilized embryo. This was basically a deal breaker for me, I couldn't bring myself to create life (multiple embryos) store them in a freezer and potentially never use them. I'd always be thinking "poor little (name)" still stuck in the liquid nitrogen.
Kristin
That is why I chose to say farewell to my ovaries and eggs, and be open to the idea of an egg donor if God gives me the opportunity.
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[B]Kristin
Aug 2010: diagnosed stage 3b, 4 mo. after birth of son. 29 yrs old and breastfeeding, ER/PR-, Her-2+ started Neoadjuvant therapy: 4x FEC, 10x abraxane & Herceptin
Feb 2011: L mx with recon. Path. showed only DCIS but 4/10+ nodes.
March 2011: 6 wks rads.
Mother passed, lower back pain.
Late May 2011: Bone mets but organs clear; Tykerb, Xeloda, Xgeva. Stopped Herceptin. Implant infected: removed implant.
October 2011: Bone progression; Gemzar and Carboplatin & restarted Herceptin.
Jan 2012: Progression, re-classified as ER+; Tykerb, Herceptin, Zoladex & Femara. Anti-E is working!
May 2012: ovaries out, markers stable but elevated. Cont. Herceptin, Tykerb, Xgeva & Femara.
Dec 2012: aromasin
Jan 2013: faslodex, herceptin, tykerb
Jun: Kadcyla
Aug: Rads to hip, then Perjeta, Herceptin & Taxotere
Nov 2013: Perjeta, Herceptin, Halaven
Early 2014: Affinitor, Aromasin, Perjeta, Herceptin.
June 2014: Estradiol, Perjeta, Herceptin
Aug 14: Tamoxofin, H & P
http://kristin-notdying-blog.blogspot.com/
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