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Re: TCH- How did it work for you
Did your Onc send tissue to have it tested to see what is the best protocol go forward? Your tumor had shrunk - what did your PET scan look like before you started treatment? Did it show any lymph node involvement or was that a complete surprise? I'm just wondering if you did have improvement under TCH and only needed a little more time or if the protocol just wassn't effective. Also, I don't see if you are ER/PR + or - in addition to HER2? Will they allow the immediate reconstruction or are they going to make you wait until treatment is completed?
Sorry for all the questions but our paths are so similar and I am trying to get some understanding of what you are going through.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander
PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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