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vlcarr · 02-23-2010, 09:03 PM

I asked my onc before I started chemo what my odds were of recurrence. She said 15 - 20%. She said if I only had surgery it would be 55 - 90%.

So, I will choose to look at it that way--I have an 80% chance it will not recur. One of my dear friends is a survivor of metaplastic bc which only represents 1% of bc diagnosis. Like you, Laurel, her attitude is we just have to live our life--of course that is easier some days than others.

02-23-2010, 09:03 PM	#8
vlcarr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 343	Re: percentage of those who respond to Herceptin I asked my onc before I started chemo what my odds were of recurrence. She said 15 - 20%. She said if I only had surgery it would be 55 - 90%. So, I will choose to look at it that way--I have an 80% chance it will not recur. One of my dear friends is a survivor of metaplastic bc which only represents 1% of bc diagnosis. Like you, Laurel, her attitude is we just have to live our life--of course that is easier some days than others. __________________ Vicky Age 47, TN, Diagnosed 05/09 Her2+, ER/PR-, Stage III, 2 tumors = 1 8cm tumor Grade 3 Sentinel Node Biopsy-speck present in 1 node Completed 3 month clinical trial of weekly Herceptin and 1000mg Tykerb daily Tumor no longer present Right mastectomy and lymph node removal 09/25/09 No cancer present at time of surgery, none in lymph nodes Start TCH 10/15, every 3 weeks for 4 months followed by radiation Finished chemo 01/28/10-YEAH! Herceptin every 3 wks until end of June Radiation begins 03/01, 6 1/2 weeks Radiation complete--Yeah!! Developed lymphedema after radiation In hospital for 4 days with pneumonia:( Herceptin done! 06/24/10 Port Removed 07/08/10 Still in PT for lymphedema and mobility issues DIEP Reconstruction 05/11 I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it~~Maya Angelou