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Re: Just Diagnosed HER2+ Stage 4
Brina, Welcome, I am so sorry you have to deal with BC.
You will find this is a place that will make your walk better. You will be very thankful to have a port. It makes treatment soooooooooooooo much easier so they don't have to stick your vains with treatment. Ask for a topical cream that numbs the skin over your port. You put it on an hour before treatment and cover it with a bandaid. Then you don't feel the port when they axcess it. I don't use the cream any more I just put up with the pain, .... its not too bad.
Herceptin is a blessing. The chemo may make you tired. What are you taking?
Hang in there. There is life after stage IV. We have many members who are living productive happy lives.
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Alice
04/08 age 50 III IBC Her2+++ ER/PR-8cm 14/14 Double M, Body and Brain CT/PET clear, ? on spine,Muga 53
06/08, 4 A/C, Neulasta
08/08, Herceptin/tax 12 every week
10/08, CT/PET clear, ? on pelvis, hips, MUGA 43, started Enalaprial for heart, Herceptin every 3 weeks
11/08 33Rads; 12/08 MUGA 48
2/09 MRI spine and bone scan, old mets to spine, Chest x-ray, blood work, IV NED,regular CPAP use,Zometa x6, first -flue like symptoms 2 days;Herceptin x3; stage 2 lymphoedema..sleeve and glove
4/09 Brain MRI - CLEAR; MUGA 54
7/09 chest ultrasound,
10/09 PET, brain and spin MRI NED Herceptin only. MUGA 59!!!
1/11 Hip replacement 7/11 Hip 2 replacement
4/12 4 years!! Herceptin
6/12 start reconstruction finish in 12/12
2/14 Herception - 6 years!!!
1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you
can stand up under it."
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