I am new and have questions

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Hello and what a great site! I found this board as a link from the breastcancer.org. I was diagnosed with IDC in October 06. I just wanted to get everything moving so had lumpectomy on Nov 15. Pathology report said tumor was 8 mm stage 1 grade 3 ER/PR+ and Her/Neu 2+. I chose lumpectomy and had clean nodes and clear margins. I was treated with 33 radiation treatments and am now on Arimidex ( 57--post menopausal). All that is a blur to me since I am a teacher and was so busy working. In looking at my path report now that I am done for the year, , I am researching into more of the info and decided to look into the meanings/reprecussions of Her/Neu 2+. Apparently it means I have a greater chance of distant recurrence which is so frightening. I wrote to the Johns Hopkins boards to inquire about Herceptin and she said I was not offered Herceptin because I am stage one. It does look like some people on this board have been stage one and are on it. I understand it is somewhat dangerous to the heart. Heart disease is in our family. I have an appointment with my oncologist in August and would like to ask him about this or anything else I can do to deal with the Her/Neu 2+ factor. Any comments or suggestions about Herceptin or further treatments would be appreciated.