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11-21-2006, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 1,055
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Happy Thanksgiving Maryann! If it really stinks, please let us know. I'm happy you've made progress so far. Bev
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11-22-2006, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Victoria, Australia
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Amazing Maryann! It astounds me how much the human body can take, and still pull through. You are incredible. enjoy your 2 days with the family. It will be incredibly special, and my thoughts and prayers are still with you.
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Take care and good luck
Love Lisa
8/03 Age 39 DX 2.5 cm tumor
Invasive Ductal - Grade 3
Stage 2A
er+ Her2neu
No nodal involvement
Lumpectomy, 4 A/C - Radiation
Tamoxifen
7/04 Mets to liver - Her2+
Stop Tamoxifen
Zoladex monthly
Herceptin/Taxol 6 months
Continue Herceptin
2/06 Active again Taxol/Herceptin/Carbo - 6 months
Still active, Heart Problems - NO Herceptin
10/06 Navelbine
4/07 Liver tumours increasing
4/07 Gemzar/Herceptin
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11-22-2006, 05:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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It's always so wonderful to hear from you Maryann. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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Kind regards
Becky
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!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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11-22-2006, 06:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 556
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Hi Maryann,
Keep up the goodwork and positive thinking.Happy Thanksgiving.
Julie
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Diagnosed in Sept 2004 while pregnant with the second child. Stage 3b, tumor 4.5cm, 4 auxillary and supraclav node positive. Her2+++ FISH 9.4 and er-,pr-.
Had dose dense neoadjuvant AC,Taxol then mastectomy,radiation+xeloda+Herceptin.
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11-22-2006, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Home of the "Flying Tomato"
Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 2,036
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Maryann,
It's wonderful to hear that you are on the road to recovery. You and all of the others on this website will be in our prayers tomorrow.
Happy Thanksgiving
Christine and Joe
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Illegitimi non carborundum
My Album
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11-24-2006, 10:20 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 76
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Dear MaryAnn,
Thanks for keeping us updated on your progress. It sounds like you are doing very well!!!
Deepest regards,
Karen
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Karen Raines Hunt
Dx April 2005 at age 46
stage 3A, very large (12cm) tumor
2 positive axillary lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, Her 2 +++
Bilateral mastectomy, radiation, reconstruction, A/C, Taxol, Herceptin, Tamoxifen, Aromasin
5 yrs since diagnosis and NED
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11-24-2006, 10:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: California's Gold Country
Posts: 404
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Dear Maryann,
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family. I have to pinch myself sometimes to think that it has been almost 10 years since I had my stem cell procedure. Even though I had great care that whole month I was in the hospital, I would sometimes still cry myself to sleep just from being homesick. Dorothy from the Wizard of OZ was soooo right, "There's no place like home!"
You have come such a long way and you are almost there girl! You just hang in there and keep up the good work! Just Awesome!!!
Love from Kim in CA
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Diag. Feb 1997 4.5cm IDC <10%ER+, PR-. 5 out of 36 nodes +. Mastectomy followed by 3 rounds Adriamycin/Cytoxin.
5/1997 Hi Dose Chemo w/ Stem cell rescue. Spent 4 weeks in isolation ward. Then 6 weeks radiation.
9/2001 widespread mets to liver. 8 mos Taxotere/Herceptin brought me almost to NED. Stop Taxotere & add Femara .
11/2002 liver resection to remove spot that turned out to be necrosis. Officially NED!
7/2003 Tumor markers rising add Xeloda Disastrous reaction, 8 days hospital, but tumor markers came back to normal!
June -Dec 2004 UW Vaccine Trial.
7/2005 MRI single 11mm brain met
8/2005 Gamma Knife.
Brain MRI @3 months NED!
2006-2011 brain/body still NED
8/04/11 Taking Herceptin break, will monitor with tumor markers.
6/20/12 Tumor markers begin to rise. CA15-3 is 31.3 and Her2 Serum is at 17.1 Decide to repeat in one month.
7/23/12 CA15-3 now 49.3
Her2 Serum 26.8
8/6/12 Back on Herceptin
CA15-3 now 76
Her2 Serum now 49
11/7/12 Add weekly Taxotere for 4 cycles
2/2013 Stopped Taxotere added Perjeta. MRI shows approx. 50% reduction liver mets. CA15-3 still elevated @ 55. Will continue on just Herceptin & Perjeta.
November 2014 Continuing on Herceptin, Perjeta, and
Femara indefinitely. Guess I'm NED again, but watching those tumor markers carefully!
Dec. 2015 PET scan reveals mass in perirectal area of abdomen.biopsy confirms. Still Her2+, but no longer ER+. Bye bye Femara
Jan 2016 Begin Kadcyla
March 2016 PET scan shows tumor now barely visible, still NED everywhere else.
2016/2017 continue Kadcyla
November 2017 brain MRI reveals small focus of T2 hyperintensity with possible 4mm enhancing nodule. Short term follow up MRI suggested. Stay tuned...
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