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08-30-2006, 05:57 PM
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Webmaster
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Home of the "Flying Tomato"
Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 2,036
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Welcome New Members
Most of you were made aware of our support group through the latest issue of Cure Magazine. We wish to welcome all of you to our little corner of the internet.
The HER2 Support Group was the vision of Christine Druther a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1990 and suffered a recurrence in 1999 with mets to her clavicle and several metastatic brain tumors. In 2001 she was declared to be in full remission after treatment with Taxol, Herceptin, Gamma Knife and WBR.
She launched this website on Christmas Eve, 2001 with the philosophy of "no woman can do it alone". The HER2 Support Group is a group effort. All of us here are willing to share our knowledge and experiences to help the newly diagnosed weave their way through the healthcare system.
We are here to answer your questions, help you with your concerns, share your joys and your setbacks. We will arm you with the tools to make you a full partner in making your treatment decisions instead of just a patient.
Warmest Regards and WELCOME TO YOU ALL.
Joe
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A Proud webmaster to the internet's most informed, educated, COMPASSIONATE and caring group of breast cancer survivors.
Illegitimi non carborundum
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08-30-2006, 08:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Spokane/Warden, WA
Posts: 67
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Thank You!
Joe, you and your wife, Christine, have been a godsend to me and most of the others on this web site, helping us to find peace and an effective place to get help, as well as support through our trials and tribualtions. Thank you SO much!
Dee
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08-30-2006, 11:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 2,104
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Joe, You and Christine are so appreciated by all who use this board. This board offers women the chane to vent, cry, gain moral support, and best of all acquire the knowledge necessary to help them in their decision to fight this horrible disease.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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08-31-2006, 03:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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Joe...
I DITTO the sentiments...you have TRULY created something special. How is Christines recovery coming along? Give hugs from me and tell her to get better soon, she is TRULY an inspiration to us all.
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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08-31-2006, 05:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: So California
Posts: 223
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Thank You
Thank you so much for a very informative site. Since finding it a little over a month ago, I check here first for updates, news etc. with Her2Neu. The people are great on this site full of facts and support.
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Leslie's Sister (Lisa)
Diagnosed 5/17/06
Left breast Stage II
5 cm. Her2Neu+++, ER-, PR-
1 positive node out of six,
double mastectomy 6/9/06;
TCH started 7/12/06
last chemo 10/25/06
herceptin ended 6-11-07
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08-31-2006, 12:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,843
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Great work Joe.
RB
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08-31-2006, 12:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 430
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Thank you. Christine for reconignizing the needs for information,communication and support; and you Joe, for being a great webmaster
MCS ( maria)
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