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Audrey · 08-01-2006, 10:37 AM

Mary, Congratulations on your anniversary and thanks for sharing your story!

I am also celebrating 5 years NED--my story is so similar to yours--diagnosed at 36 with 2 young children (3 and 5), large, aggressive tumor, many positive nodes, etc. The oncologist was not encouraging at all. I feel so grateful to have received Herceptin through the clinical trial--I remember also how happy I was to find this website and connect with others going through the same thing. Now I'm 41 and my kids are almost 9 and 11! Still hoping to reach 50 and see them graduate...Just think, now Herceptin is standard treatment for newly diagnosed Her2+ patients and they can breathe a little easier now knowing that in many cases, it really works wonders! Don't give up hope, we are truly rewriting the survival statistics for this disease.

08-01-2006, 10:37 AM	#11
Audrey Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 212	Mary, Congratulations on your anniversary and thanks for sharing your story! I am also celebrating 5 years NED--my story is so similar to yours--diagnosed at 36 with 2 young children (3 and 5), large, aggressive tumor, many positive nodes, etc. The oncologist was not encouraging at all. I feel so grateful to have received Herceptin through the clinical trial--I remember also how happy I was to find this website and connect with others going through the same thing. Now I'm 41 and my kids are almost 9 and 11! Still hoping to reach 50 and see them graduate...Just think, now Herceptin is standard treatment for newly diagnosed Her2+ patients and they can breathe a little easier now knowing that in many cases, it really works wonders! Don't give up hope, we are truly rewriting the survival statistics for this disease.