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Okay, as an avid red wine drinker I like where this study is going....But I have been told by my onc to give up red wine which I have not done. I believe my onc's reasoning is that alcohol increases estrogen levels and I am a triple positive.

Now I feel a little less guilty about my 2 drinks a day....

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Janelle
Diagnosed October 2006 at age 37 wtih grade 3 IDC and high grade DCIS
Stage 1c triple positive, no node involvement but
vascular invasion
multifocal disease
Lumpectomy November, 2006
A/C every 3 weeks (started Jan., 2007 and finished March 2007); followed weekly Taxol (finished June 2007) concurrent with Herceptin (finished March 2008);
Bilateral Mast with immediate recon in Sept 2007; finished recon Dec. 2007
Started 5 years of tamoxifen Nov. 2007; started peptide vaccine clinical trial at MD Anderson October 2008 and finished active part of trial in April 2009 (monthly injections of AE37 peptitde (HLA type specific) with GM-CSF or GM-CSF alone depending on if I was in experimental or control group); started Zometa infusions June 25, 2009- 4mg every 6 months for 3 years (taking it "off-label" to try to prevent mets)

11-23-2007, 11:49 AM	#7
Janelle Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brentwood, CA Posts: 76	Red Wine Okay, as an avid red wine drinker I like where this study is going....But I have been told by my onc to give up red wine which I have not done. I believe my onc's reasoning is that alcohol increases estrogen levels and I am a triple positive. Now I feel a little less guilty about my 2 drinks a day.... __________________ Janelle Diagnosed October 2006 at age 37 wtih grade 3 IDC and high grade DCIS Stage 1c triple positive, no node involvement but vascular invasion multifocal disease Lumpectomy November, 2006 A/C every 3 weeks (started Jan., 2007 and finished March 2007); followed weekly Taxol (finished June 2007) concurrent with Herceptin (finished March 2008); Bilateral Mast with immediate recon in Sept 2007; finished recon Dec. 2007 Started 5 years of tamoxifen Nov. 2007; started peptide vaccine clinical trial at MD Anderson October 2008 and finished active part of trial in April 2009 (monthly injections of AE37 peptitde (HLA type specific) with GM-CSF or GM-CSF alone depending on if I was in experimental or control group); started Zometa infusions June 25, 2009- 4mg every 6 months for 3 years (taking it "off-label" to try to prevent mets)