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12-31-2006, 08:53 PM
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Founder - HER2 Support Group
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 361
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Happy New Year
On behalf of my family and the HER2 Support Group Board of Directors, I wish to extend to all of you our wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year.
The combination of Tykerb and Herceptin as well as other drugs under development may prove to be the "magic bullet" that we all have been waiting for.
Hopefully within a few short years we may all be able to put breast cancer behind us and be able to get on with our lives. My prayers are to that end.
Hugs and well wishes,
Board of Directors
Christine, Executive Director
Dr. Dennis Slamon, Vice President
Terry Kane, Corporate Secretary
Dr. Thomas Shiftan
Dr. Martin J. Murphy Jr
Vernal Branch
Susan Leonard
John Handal
Staff
Joe Druther Treasurer and Webmaster
Danielle Druther - Secretary
Hugs
Christine
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1990, July DX 1.1cm er-, pr-
Lumpectomy, 5U4, radiation
1999, June mets to chest and brain
HER2 3+++, er- pr-
AC, Taxol, Herceptin, Gamma Knife (3 treatments) WBR
NED July 2001
December 2001 - Founded HER2 Support Group
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12-31-2006, 09:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bradenton,FL
Posts: 977
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Thank you Christine and the Her2 Board of Directors and Staff for all that you do.
May we all be blessed with a Happy and Healthy New Year (and YES a cure for all)!
Marcia
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12-31-2006, 10:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,756
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I too wish health and happiness for all of us in 2007 and beyond. Our experiences with the changing face of breast cancer therapy are lighting the way for those who follow.
<3 Lolly
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Sept.'99 - Dx.Stage IIIB, IDC ER/PR-, HER2+++ by IHC, confirmed '04 by FISH. Left MRM, AC x's 4, Taxol x's 4, 33 Rads, finishing Tx May 2000. Jan.'01 - local/regional recurrence, Stage IV. Herceptin/Navelbine weekly till NED August 2001, then maintenance Herceptin. Right Mast. April 2002. Local/Regional recurrence April '04, Herceptin plus/minus chemo until May '07. Gemzar added from Feb.'07-April '07; Tykerb/Abraxane until August '07, back on Herceptin plus Taxotere and Xeloda Sept. '07. Stopped T/X Nov. '07, stopped Herceptin Dec. '07, started Avastin/Taxol/Carboplatin Dec. '07. Progression in chest skin, stopped TAC March '03, started radiation.
Herceptin has served as the "Backbone" of my treatment strategy for over 6 years, giving me great quality of life. In 2005, I was privileged to participate in the University of Washington/Seattle HER2 Vaccine Trial.
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01-01-2007, 10:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Good health and happiness to all the Her2 Support members and your families. You mean the world to me.
Happy New Year
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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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01-01-2007, 02:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 189
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Yes, thank you all so much. There is no way to measure all you have done for so many. Happy New Year to all here. May the year to come continue to bring hope and promise to us all.
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Cheryl
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01-01-2007, 03:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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Here is to a New Year ....God Bless all of us and keep us safe....
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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01-01-2007, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 869
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Happy New Year and belated Merry Christmas to all on this wonderful website which provides hope, information and soothes the soul a bit. Sincerely, Ceesun aka Cathy Thank you, Christine and Staff
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