Newly diagnosed and totally confused

[Gamma Lu]

I was recently diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer with no lymph node involvement and my hormone levels were fine. However, I was also diagnosed with Her2. Because of the 18% chance of re-occurance my oncologist suggested chemo treatments to bring it down to 10% or less. So many of you talk of herceptin treatments, however I feel overwhelmed worrying about chemo side effects let along herceptin side effects. Is herceptin always necessary and I would really like to hear from survivors that are leading long, productive lives because all I hear about is doom and gloom concerning Her 2.