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v-ness · 05-19-2011, 10:58 AM

you don't know. there isn't test to tell you. you just put your faith in it and think positive unless you find out otherwise. that's how i do it, anyway.

i had TCH like you, finished the H in october. clean mammo and clean MRI under my belt so far and lots of manual exams in between. are you a stage 1?

the way i've come to see it is that we didn't know in advance that we had cancer coming on, and we can't know in advance if it is recurring. all we can do is our best to keep on top of the way our bodies feel and keep current on doctor visits and meds like tamoxifen, topped off with better nutrition and exercise habits.

valerie

05-19-2011, 10:58 AM	#35
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: percentage of those who respond to Herceptin you don't know. there isn't test to tell you. you just put your faith in it and think positive unless you find out otherwise. that's how i do it, anyway. i had TCH like you, finished the H in october. clean mammo and clean MRI under my belt so far and lots of manual exams in between. are you a stage 1? the way i've come to see it is that we didn't know in advance that we had cancer coming on, and we can't know in advance if it is recurring. all we can do is our best to keep on top of the way our bodies feel and keep current on doctor visits and meds like tamoxifen, topped off with better nutrition and exercise habits. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!