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joletta · 09-05-2010, 06:22 AM

Hi everyone,
I was dx @ age 35 in March 2010 and am very nervous. My doctor continues to reasure me that after bilateral masctomy, chemo, radiation, and herception it decreaseses your reoccurence rate to 15% @stage 3a. I would love to hear from some girls in similiar cases to mine and hear what there doctors have said.

09-05-2010, 06:22 AM	#1
joletta Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: connecticut Posts: 41	Stage 3a her-2+ breast cancer is 85 % curable Hi everyone, I was dx @ age 35 in March 2010 and am very nervous. My doctor continues to reasure me that after bilateral masctomy, chemo, radiation, and herception it decreaseses your reoccurence rate to 15% @stage 3a. I would love to hear from some girls in similiar cases to mine and hear what there doctors have said. __________________ dx- march 2010 age 35 stage 3a 4 of 9 pos. nodes idc 2.2 ininvasive 7cm of dcis er/pr- her2+ april 15 2010 bilateral masectomy w/ tissue expanders may 4 2010 port import may 6 2010 clean ct scan & bone scan may 11 2010 start 4 A/C (finish aug 3 2010) aug 17 2010 start weekly herceptine & taxol 12xs (end date of oct 19 2010) nov-dec 2010 30 radation (plan permanent implants for feb or mar 2011) continue on herceptine till aug 2011 Love & prayers to everyone Joletta