I had TCH recommended to me too. It was a very good argument for it. I was concerned about doing A and then H for the heart. We're too young to have a bad heart for years to come! One younger doc was hesitant, but said he would do it if I wanted. He likes waiting to see a clinical trial after the whole 5 years.
I ended up just doing Taxol and Herceptin. My invasive tumor was only .6cm and I was in the grey zone for doing chemo at all. This seemed like a reasonable alternative.
Feel free to email me more. You sound a bit like me. I had to research everything and I found such great info on these boards and www.youngsurvival.org too.
Good luck!
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Little Legos, 34 yrs old
dd 3yrs, ds 6.5yrs
12/29/06 DCIS dx grade 2-3 with necrosis and focal early microinvasion
2/7/07 Partial Mastectomy and Sentinel Node Biopsy
2/18/07 dx .6cm IDC with DCIS 1.4cm, grade 2 ER-PR-HER2+++
neg nodes (3 taken), clean margins
3/20/07 Start 12 weekly Taxol - Herceptin, more Herceptin to follow
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