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saleboat · 08-02-2007, 09:55 AM

Hi--

Just writing to echo the thoughts expressed already here. It really is a bad news, good news story. It is an aggressive cancer, but the drugs are even more aggressive and with the adjuvent use of Herceptin, the outlook has changed for people like you and me, people who were lucky enough to get Herceptin as part of their treatment for early-stage breast cancer. I was diagnosed just as the study results were released in '05. Basically, anything you read about Her2 that was published before April 2005, ignore. When I'm feeling insecure about my prognosis, and I did have a lot of positive nodes, I read-up on all the new Her2+ drugs that are in the pipeline. There was a well-known onc, (who I think is on the board of this site) who publically said at a major cancer meeting that he thought that Her2+ cancers would be one of the first ones CURED. What a wonderful word.

Time heals a lot of these very natural fears. Wishing you some peace.

My best,
Jen

08-02-2007, 09:55 AM	#6
saleboat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 250	Hi-- Just writing to echo the thoughts expressed already here. It really is a bad news, good news story. It is an aggressive cancer, but the drugs are even more aggressive and with the adjuvent use of Herceptin, the outlook has changed for people like you and me, people who were lucky enough to get Herceptin as part of their treatment for early-stage breast cancer. I was diagnosed just as the study results were released in '05. Basically, anything you read about Her2 that was published before April 2005, ignore. When I'm feeling insecure about my prognosis, and I did have a lot of positive nodes, I read-up on all the new Her2+ drugs that are in the pipeline. There was a well-known onc, (who I think is on the board of this site) who publically said at a major cancer meeting that he thought that Her2+ cancers would be one of the first ones CURED. What a wonderful word. Time heals a lot of these very natural fears. Wishing you some peace. My best, Jen __________________ dx 4/05 @ 34 y.o. Stage IIIC, ER+ (90%)/PR+ (95%)/HER2+ (IHC 3+) lumpectomy-- 2.5 cm 15+/37 nodes (IVF in between surgery and chemo) tx dd A/C, followed by dd Taxol & Herceptin 30 rads (or was it 35?) Finished Herceptin on 7/24/06 Tamox livingcured.blogspot.com "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." -- Helen Keller