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Old 10-07-2009, 09:50 AM   #2
Mary Anne in TX
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Re: Insurance Company Does Not Want to approve TYKERB

Are they completely NUTS?????
Sometimes I think those "guys" live on another planet!
Will your doctor call them? That's what it took a couple of times
for me to continue my treatment!
I'm praying for quick action and someone getting appropriately angry!
Luv ya, ma
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Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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