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Hi, let me cut to chase...smile...IF YOU ARE HER-2 3+, get on Herceptin any way you can and stay on a dosing schedule that works for you. I was DX in 1997, had the surgery, did all kinds of agressive stuff as I was only 33 years old at the time...LONG story short...bought me 5 months...then the cancer mets to my whole liver...and later on to pelvis and now bones...nasty stuff...Fortunately, as I was already stage 3b then 4, I got the Herceptin off and on since 1999 and I am still here and have a superb QOL. I have been using herceptin alone now with diet since 99. Find a Herceptin dosing schedule and dosage that works for you. Don't guess...force your onc to take your CA 27/29 and Serum Her-2 levels on a REGULAR basis...even if they argue and protest...blah, blah, blah. Use the levels as biofeedback to guage how much you need and when...Keep the CA 27/29 LOW (10 or less) and the Serum Her-2 under 12 if you can...Best of luck, Gina.
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