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04-17-2011, 03:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Southern, CA
Posts: 2,511
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Re: With Gratitude...
Hi Jean,
Such a wonderful post and so well written. As much as you are thankful for your Her2 sisters...I just want to say, "Right back at you!" You have always been there to offer so much help and support to anyone that needed it. We found this Her2 board around the same time and I know what a truly geniune and special person you are. So I'm sending my biggest heartfelt congratulations on your 6 yr cancerversary! Do something special for yourself because you certainly deserve it girl!
Sending lots of love your way! 
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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04-17-2011, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,142
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Re: With Gratitude...
Congratulations. Good for you !!!!!!!!!
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04-17-2011, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 216
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Re: With Gratitude...
Congratulations Jean
May you enjoy many, many more good anniversaries.
Best Wishes.
Janie
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04-18-2011, 12:25 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Posts: 1,867
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Re: With Gratitude...
6 yrs Jean!! A blessed congratulations to you!! And I want to thank you personally for all the support you gave me when I needed it most. I am eternally grateful to you!!
Love, Maryanne
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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04-18-2011, 04:30 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Doylestown, ohio
Posts: 334
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Re: With Gratitude...
That is so awesome. Congrats. I hope to be there some day having just started my journey 7 months ago. This sight is amazing. Hope you have many many more cancerversaries . Blessings, Darlene
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DX Sept 30 2010 at the age of 49. Oh crap! 1.5 cm idc, stage 1 grade 3 er/pr+, her2+ no lymph nodes, mastectomy Oct/10. Started 6 rounds of TCH Dec/10 and will continue herceptin until Nov /11 and just started femara.
Stray kitten found my lump while I was playing with it. It is now my pet and my dog is not real happy about that.
Mammo good
last herceptin 11/21/11 YAY
reconstruction 12/09/11
Chapter closed 12/10/11, hopefully, fingers crossed
Bone scan, chest xray, clear
04/27/12 Expander removed, implant put in, ahh sigh of relief, much more comfortable
Sept 30, 2014, 4 years NED
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04-18-2011, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 1,486
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Re: With Gratitude...
You go girl. You are my hero. Congratulations on 6 years.
Amelia
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04-19-2011, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,851
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Re: With Gratitude...
Jean,
Happy cancerversary! May you be NED forever!
Joan
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Diagnosed stage 2b in July 2003 (2.3 cm, HER2+, ER-/PR-, 7+ nodes). Treated with mastectomy (with immediate DIEP flap reconstruction), AC + T/Herceptin (off label). Cancer advanced to lung in Jan. 2007 (1 cm nodule). Started Herceptin every 3 weeks. Lung wedge resection April 2007. Cancer recurred in lung April 2008. RFA of lung in August 2008. 2nd annual brain MRI in Oct. 2008 discovered 2.6 cm cystic tumor in left frontal lobe. Craniotomy Oct. 2008 (ER-/PR-/HER2-) followed by targeted radiation (IMRT). Coughing up blood Feb. 2009. Thoractomy July 2009 to cut out fungal ball of common soil fungus (aspergillus) that grew in the RFA cavity (most likely inhaled while gardening). No cancer, only fungus. Removal of tiny melanoma from upper left arm, plus sentinel lymph node biopsy in Feb. 2016. Guardant Health liquid biopsy in Feb. 2016 showed mutations in 4 subtypes of TP53. Repeat of Guardant Health biopsy in Jana. 2021 showed 3 TP53 mutations, BRCA1 mutation and CHEK2 mutation. Invitae genetic testing showed negative for all of these. Living with MBC since 2007. Stopped Herceptin Hylecta (injection) treatment in March 2020. Recent 2021 annual CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis and annual brain MRI showed NED. Praying for NED forever!!
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04-19-2011, 10:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cordoba, Mexico
Posts: 672
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Re: With Gratitude...
Wonderful message Jean. Congratulations!! and we will keep counting!!!
Love,
Paty
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Dx. June 30th, 2006 at age 43
Lumpectomy rt breast
2.2 cm tumor, 13 nodes all negative
ER-PR+,her2+++
6 FAC
32 Rads
Dx. Lung fibrosis due to radiation
Ended 1 year herceptin in March, 2008
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04-22-2011, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
Posts: 1,744
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Re: With Gratitude...
Congrats Jean!!! What a nice post from you. I feel lucky to be in the "Class of 2005" myself...coming up on 6 years myself. I remember well our early correspondences as we began this journey!! XO Suzan
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 Suzan W.
age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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04-22-2011, 05:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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Re: With Gratitude...
Suzan, I remember well - these 6 yrs. have passed fast.
I look forward to your 6yr cancerversery. How wonderful...
To all my dear sisters...thank you for you love and support.
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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04-27-2011, 07:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,477
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Re: With Gratitude...
Hi Jean,
I have been thinking about you a lot and knew your day was close by. Many many congratulations to you.
Love,
Karen
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