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Laurel · 02-24-2010, 06:35 AM

Well now you all have me thinking (did you see the smoke rising in the east, or west depending on where you hail from?). To tag onto what Becky said it seems I recall where the response to Herceptin was also influenced by the amount of over expression of Her2. I was a 6.9 on FSH, so I'm quite the little over expresser!

This thread, and worrying about Ellie's news today, gave me a nightmare. In my dream I was in Sam's Club getting that call from the radiologist about my bx results. My knees nearly buckled when her first words were "are you driving?" I woke up with my heart thumping reliving that moment again. The fear of recurrence runs very deep and permeates our waking and sleeping moments despite our best efforts to contain it. It's the ultimate stalker.

Well, like Mr. Spock always says: LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!

02-24-2010, 06:35 AM	#11
Laurel Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life! Posts: 2,005	Re: percentage of those who respond to Herceptin Well now you all have me thinking (did you see the smoke rising in the east, or west depending on where you hail from?). To tag onto what Becky said it seems I recall where the response to Herceptin was also influenced by the amount of over expression of Her2. I was a 6.9 on FSH, so I'm quite the little over expresser! This thread, and worrying about Ellie's news today, gave me a nightmare. In my dream I was in Sam's Club getting that call from the radiologist about my bx results. My knees nearly buckled when her first words were "are you driving?" I woke up with my heart thumping reliving that moment again. The fear of recurrence runs very deep and permeates our waking and sleeping moments despite our best efforts to contain it. It's the ultimate stalker. Well, like Mr. Spock always says: LIVE LONG AND PROSPER! __________________ Smile On! Laurel Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08 7mm invasive component Partial mast. 5/08 Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH 0/5 nodes 4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08 Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09 Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09 Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08 Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08 Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard! Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara 15 Years NED I think I just might hang around awhile....