[Joanne S]

Lani, You're obviously very intelligent and knowledgeable person. I don't know if you have first hand experience as a bc patient or supporter or how you've come to be involved in contributing to HER2. Perhaps it's a big secret. Funny, seems to me ---like--- you see me, but I can't see you. In addition, I can't even send you a private message or an e-mail? and there's nothing on your profile? I mean no disrespect---you probably have your reasons---it just makes me feel a little uncomfortable---like you are staring at my naked core (cuz I spill my guts out here), but I don't see you or know who you are or anything about you at all---other than you are someone who regularly cuts and pastes a lot of current study stuff. Many HER2ers certainly appreciate your posts.

I do try to make all these issues and concerns less complicated that's for sure. I'm not sure what's oversimplied, but I guess it doesn't matter at this point. All I know is that Herceptin does help a whole lot of HER2 people, but not all HER2ers.

So it sounds like it's not worth the effort to inquire or investigate or even discuss this any further. Sounds like it's all about the monies $$$$$---- so we won't know the answer to that recurrence/survival question.---that is unless I have a recurrence (still then I probably won't know if the recurrence it is a repercussion of Herceptin or not or something else and/or somemore something elses) or unless I die ---well then it won't matter to me anyway. But if I don't have a recurrence, I'll just be very happy and attribute it to all my personal diagnosis criteria and treatment combinations.

I guess that's the way I feel about most of these study results---probabilities? ratios? volumes? differences? statistics? percentages? forecasting? predications? inconclusive? additional studies required? where do I fall??? where do my her2 sisters fall? hum? I still have no clue after reading them.

I'm guess I'm pretty simple minded and I think I gotten myself totally wacko from not having any sleep for a couple of days and having anxiety as I will be leaving to the hospital for surgery in an hour.