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Sandy,
Thanks for the article. I have an appointment with the radiology doc on Friday when I'll get my markers put on a simulation done. I start the actual radiation July 5th.
Today I get my staples out and must admit I can't wait! Imagine actually looking forward to a doctor's appointment! I start my Herceptin tomorrow and will receive it alone every 3 weeks for a year.
I guess I was just hoping for a break from treatment. Since Oct 2005 when I was diagnosed, all I do is go to doctors get tests and treatments. I'm just starting to get my strength back and wanted to know what it would feel like to be "normal" again.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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