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Caroline, you DO have a foot in both camps it sounds like! You could make the argument either way. What advice are you getting from your doctors and the technicians who draw your blood? I had my port removed last week after my year of Herceptin. It was in a terrible location so that helped decide. I don't have wonderful veins and had lymph nodes removed on both sides, but still, those things will never change and I figured I can't keep a port forever.
Also, I started a thread asking the same question last month or so. Have a look around the board to find it. I received alot of thoughtful replies..
It is a big decision so I suggest you pray on it and I bet you will receive clarity.
Keep the faith!
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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