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hi Lyn--
Sorry it has taken me so long to post. I just started a new job. After my BC situation, I decided that I wanted to go back into the health care field, so now I am managing product development for a managed care company that is owned my a non-profit. Hopefully I can make a difference.
Anyway, I have been thinking about you a lot since I read this thread yesterday, and I can't think of anything else that hasn't been suggested, except one thing....do you have your case history summarized on this board anywhere? Or in a format that can be emailed? If so, it would be my pleasure to send it to my docs and ask for their opinions--I am friends with several of them and I think they would do that for me. It sounds like you are in good hands, but you never know when someone will lookat a situation a bit differently and offer a new suggestion. No promises of course, but let me know.
And please hang in there--many people are thinking about you and cheering you on. I love your posts, because no matter how crappy things are for you, there's always a bit of humor injected in your words. In my opinion, that by itself serves as a pretty great guardian angel, not only for you, but also for the rest of us. Thanks.
XXOO
Val
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Dx 11/04, Age 42, ER-/PR-, HER2+++
3 months weekly Herceptin, Taxol. Carboplatin
Significant tumor shrinkage
Mastectomy 3/05; Stage 3b, 9 cm tumor, 5/8+ nodes
3 more months weekly Herceptin, Taxol. Carboplatin
7/05 30 radiation treatments, IMRT planning approach
Started 1 year of Herceptin 9/05
9/06 Began quarterly triple doses Herceptin. Brain & breast MRIs semi annually.
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6/08 Right breast, intraductal carcinoma, high nuclear grade associated with comedo necrosis; extensive diffusely involved the entire biopy specimen. ER+, PR-, Her2 unknown at this point, 07/08 mastectomy.
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