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Old 02-11-2014, 06:07 AM   #2
Becky
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Re: Sister of newly diagnosed HER2.

You are a wonderful and caring sister. However, please reach out for help. The American Cancer Society can provide help in the form of volunteers who can take your sister to some of her treatment appointments. You should go to the appointments where decisions are made since a patient usually needs a second set of ears and your sister certainly does if she is mentally handicapped. Of course the first chemo session you will go but at some point, the drug Herceptin will continue to be given for a year and those as well as chemo treatments (after the first one) could be done by a volunteer. Perhaps her cancer center also has a service similar to that of the American Cancer Society. Also reach out to your close friends. If any of them could pitch in a time or two or a good neighbor of yours or your family. Even if you could get half of these things taken care of that would be less of a burden for you.

And we are here for you to ask questions and vent. Don't be shy.
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Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia

NED 18 years!

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