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02-08-2004, 05:57 AM

Hi Jojo,

I was diagnosed stage 1, high risk, in 10/03 and began chemo (taxotere and carboplatin)at the end of December and receive it every 3 weeks. I get Herceptin weekly. Had Adrymiacin for ovarian cancer 17 years ago and it effected my EF. I talked my current oncologist into giving me Herceptin rather than Adrymiacin. He's giving me my Meds "off protocol." I'm so grateful to him. I'm hoping that with Herceptin I might have a chance of not getting a recurrence. I'm called high risk because I'm BRCA1, Her2+++, ER- and PR- and had a grade 3 tumor.

02-08-2004, 05:57 AM	#4
Marcy Guest Posts: n/a	Hi Jojo, I was diagnosed stage 1, high risk, in 10/03 and began chemo (taxotere and carboplatin)at the end of December and receive it every 3 weeks. I get Herceptin weekly. Had Adrymiacin for ovarian cancer 17 years ago and it effected my EF. I talked my current oncologist into giving me Herceptin rather than Adrymiacin. He's giving me my Meds "off protocol." I'm so grateful to him. I'm hoping that with Herceptin I might have a chance of not getting a recurrence. I'm called high risk because I'm BRCA1, Her2+++, ER- and PR- and had a grade 3 tumor.