 |
|
06-17-2008, 08:38 PM
|
#21
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Marengo, IL
Posts: 518
|
Laurie,
I am so happy for you and your husband. No chills just tears!
This is exactly what the forum needed some grand news. We celebrate with you.
I am signing up to be an Auntie, just tell me where the shower is.
My prayer - that God will continue to bless you all!
Donna
__________________
Donna
Crystal Lake, IL
Diagnosed 8/4/06 at age 54
Lumpectomy 8/30/06
Stage llA, grade 3, ER/PR-, Her2++
1.7 cm tumor, 1+ lymph node out of 9
Completed 4 A/C, & 4 Taxol with Herceptin
36 rads completed 5/16/07
Mammograms, 7/07 clear
fractured ribs in radiated area 10/07
Finished Herceptin 12/27/07
Mammogram,CT,tumor markers 1/08 - small lung nodules in radiated area, repeated tests 3/08 stable
Mammogram,CT ,tumor markers 6/08 stable
NED 2 years!!
3 years !!!
4years!!!!
4 years, 10 months and 8 day NED, calling it 5 years!!!
Official 5 years 8/30/2011
8/31/ 2012 - 6 years!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
06-17-2008, 09:49 PM
|
#22
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Thornhill, Ontario
Canada
Posts: 2,320
|
Congrats Laurie to you and your hubby. Amazing happy news... a bright spot for us all on this board.
all the best
caya
__________________
ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+
1.7 cm and 1.0 cm.
Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested)
MRM Dec.18/06
3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere
Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08
Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years
Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012
BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative
Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal
Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so.
Reclast infusion January 2012
Oopherectomy October 2013
15 Years NED!!
|
|
|
|
|
06-17-2008, 11:29 PM
|
#23
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Posts: 1,867
|
Laurie!!!! My goodness I am so extremely super-dooper happy for you and your husband!!! Outstanding news! Isn't it just amazing the reward you received after chemo. Amazing. Well you can be sure we will all be following your pregnancy with you! Keep us posted!!
Maryanne
__________________
*** 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
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 02:41 AM
|
#24
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 309
|
Dear Laurie - congratulations sister! This is absolutely wonderful news
Yes - miracles do happen! I can testify to that! LOL! 
You enjoy every moment ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Blessings
Hermiracles
__________________
2003 L/DCIS –> LWE: High G./Comedo - 6 nodes clear 6 wks Rx
04/07 2 miracles born ~ very grateful
06/07 Susp areas L/b
09/07 Stage 2 bilat. mastectomy R/ b. clear extens DCIS/IDC Paget’s 8 nodes clear ER(<5%) HER2+++ CT clear
11/07 Portacath - FEC
15/11/07 Stage 4 Emerg op - hip replacemt #NOF bone mets H/Taxotere
12/07 Rx to 'spots' on spine/R/hip/femur 3wkly H
2008 H+T mets to rib/sternum? Aredia CT clear! Cont. H + Aredia 07/08 1 wk Palliative Care - mets to lungs + ?1 to brain
09/08 Stop H complete Epirubicin 1wk PC new brain mets
10/08 2wks WBR 1wk PC 22/10/08 Tykerb/Xeloda 12/08 6 CEREBRAL METS COMPLETELY GONE! Rib mets down to <1cm.
01/09 Tumour markers normal! Rx to L/arm
03/09 LUNGS CLEAR (ALL NODULES GONE!), brain clear, liver clear. Bones stable! ~ THANK YOU GOD
07/09 Repeat CT Scan ~ ALL organs clear apart from bones which remain stable. I walk in gratitude.
***************
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 06:12 AM
|
#25
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Newnan, Georgia
Posts: 80
|
Laurie, I am so happy for you!! What a wonderful blessing.
__________________
Nancy
Diagnosed 4/06, age 45
IDC, 3.5 cm, 4/7 positive nodes
Stage IIB
Her2++, ER & PR++
Mastectomy, 4 AC, 4 Taxol & Herception for one year
Radiation
Ovaries out 4/07
Currently taking Arimidex and Zometa every 6 months
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 06:22 AM
|
#26
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 503
|
Very exciting news !!!!
I am thrilled for you !
Maria
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 06:29 AM
|
#27
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 823
|
WOW Laurie this is such WONDERFUL new's.
This is a miracle for sure.
__________________
Vicki
Texas
Biopsy Dx'd 3-23-05 Age 48
MRM 4-5-05 w/ 2 tumor's 5cm, and 6 cm (right side)
IDC (poorly differentiated infiltrating ductual carcinoma)
5+/16 nodes
Stage III A
Grade 3
ER/PR-, Her2/neu ++
Ki67 78%
Begin Chemo 5-2-05 4XAC Dose Dense , 4X Abraxane Dose Dense (ended August 05)
28 Rad's ended October 13 2005
Started Herceptin Weekly August 2005 for one year
Had a Simple mastectomy left side after Mamo showed incresed micro-calcifications. Jan. 17 2006.
Brain MRI Feb.2006--All Clear
August 28, 2006 Last Weekly Herceptin.
October 2006--Colonoscopy, 6 Polyp's removed--all B9
PET Scan July 2007
Abdominal MRI Oct. 2007---2 Right Kidney Cysts
Core Biopsy-- Lump on Scar Line 1-10-08---B9
Brain MRI 6-2008--All Clear
PET/CT Scan 6-2008
Sept. 8 2008, 4CM area removed from mastectomy scar line. Proved to be B9.
PET/CT Scan-- July 2009 --All clear
August 17,2009 ---Had Port Removed
6 Years NED -- April 5,2011
DX'd with Melanoma left arm 10-10-2011
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 06:58 AM
|
#28
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: So California
Posts: 223
|
congratulations!
Wow Laurie. How exciting. You are going to have women all over the world following this pregnancy. When are you due? You are going to have to post very regular now, keeping us all up to speed on your pregnancy. Congratulations. I am so happy for you.
Lisa
__________________
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
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 07:30 AM
|
#29
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: OH
Posts: 385
|
Congratulations Laurie
What a wonderful post to read this morning. Good luck and good wishes with your pregnancy. I never felt so alive as when I was pregnant.
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 07:53 AM
|
#30
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: san luis obispo, ca
Posts: 1,150
|
What Great News!
Laurie, You are now a sweet Mama awaiting your little miracle. What great news to wake up to.There can't be anything better than holding your child and looking into his or her eyes. Today's going to be so special because of you. Love and Congratulations, Vickie
__________________
Love and Hugs, Vickie
Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass,
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Feb 04 IBC IIIC/IV er-/pr- her2+++
3/04 TCH X4
7/ 04 MRM 9/04 Taxol/herceptin wkly 1 yr 33X rads
11/04 skin mets 33x rads,10/05 Avast/Herc. 11 mos.
8/ 06 PET mets lymphs, neck
9/ 06 Navelbine/herceptin
11/ 06 PET NED
2/ 07 skin mets, 4/07 Xeloda, 5/07 add Tykerb
2/ 08 Tykerb failed. Doxil /Herceptin 6 months
8/08 PET skin mets, 8/08 Abraxane/Avastin
11/ 08 PET prog., skin mets
1/09 PET/CT progress, 1/09 Ixempra, 2/09 add Xeloda and low dose Naltrexone
2/09 off Ixempra/Xeloda
3/09 navelbine/herc/cytoxin 4/09 PET shows regress.7/09 start Topotecan. Failed.
8/09 extensive mets rgt brst, back and torso. starting Pazopanib clinical trial.
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 07:54 AM
|
#31
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Stayton, Oregon
Posts: 69
|
Congratulations!!!!
Laurie,
Congratulations!! Babies are a blessing. Is there such a thing as a cyber shower? Please keep us posted on him/her progress. All my best, Nana Karen alias Karen
__________________
Dx 7-21-05
1.7 cm invasive ductal carcinoma
Her2 +3 strongly positive
micromet in sentinel node
Sept.05 Lt.lumpectomy/bilat.reduction
Oct.05 4 rounds of AC/12 rounds of Taxol with Herceptin
Radiation 5 weeks
Herceptin only until Jan.07
Started Femara-stopped
Started Aromisin-stopped
Currently on Arimidex with a great deal of pain
Stopped Arimidex
Taking Tamoxifen
Karen
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 08:39 AM
|
#32
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 758
|
Wow!!!
How wonderful!! Don't you know that all of us are going to consider him/her our baby!! Please don't be selfish. I am so excited for you. You also must know that we will all be praying for you to do well and experience all the joys of pregnancy(hopefully not morning sickness, you already know what that's like) and motherhood.
Love & hugs,
Marlys
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 08:55 AM
|
#33
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 197
|
Anti-bacterial effects of Adriamycin/Taxol
Hi Laurie,
CONGRATS!!! Your story is truly amazing, and it made me think of some research I was doing years ago on how a lot of female infertility was caused by undiagnosed bacterial infections in the womb and surrounding "plumbing". If you did have one of these low-lying bacterial infections, the chemo, especially the Adriamycin, may have treated it as Adriamycin is basically a very strong anti-biotic. I would definitely think positive and just GO for it. I notice you are like me--her-2, 3+ and ER- PR- so the high levels of estrogen during the pregnancy should not be a problem for you, and in my research, I have found estrogen and phytoestrogens for ER-/PR- her-2 gals to be a good thing--although many disagree--but my son is great and I still have my periods...all these years later -original dx 1997, herceptin only since 1999...
Best of luck,
Gina
gpopp@Comcast.net |
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 10:30 AM
|
#34
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Shingle Springs, CA - near Sacramento
Posts: 295
|
Bouncing!
Oh Laurie, This news makes me bounce up and down with joy! How lovely to have such news in this group - new, wonderful, hopeful LIFE! Yay!
Best Wishes!
Donna
__________________
Donna in the Sierra Foothills of California
Diagnosed 6/7/06 invasive ductal carcinoma/ductal carcinoma in situ
Lumpectomy 6/21/06
Pathology: Er 99% Pr 10% Her2/neu 3+
DNA Index 1.0
S-Phase 3/High
Primary Tumor 2.4 cm Sentinel Node Tumor 2.1cm
A/C/T+ Herceptin + rads + Arimidex
stopped Herceptin after 7 mos. due to low MUGA
Surgery for thickened uterine tissue May 2008 - conclusion: side effect of Arimidex
Switched from Arimidex to Femara - joint/tendon problems significantly better!
2 year mark Pet scan and Echo shows all clear!
5 year mammogram with ultrasound shows no sign of cancer - yay!
11 years, 11 months new breast cancer - found lump
Mastectomy 4/30/2018
Pathology: Er99%, PR 28%, Her2 negative! (new type)
Faslodex
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 10:39 AM
|
#35
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: "Love never fails."
Posts: 5,808
|
Congratulations! What a great story! I always say we love good stories. This is one of the top ones. So happy for you.
__________________
Jackie07
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html
http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2
NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa
Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 11:18 AM
|
#36
|
|
Guest
|
Yea Laurie!!!!!!!
CONGRATS TO BOTH YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND!!! I know how much you wanted this. I pray that you have a great pregnancy and wonderful baby!!!
Jules, (julie from tues. chemo to you!)
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 01:32 PM
|
#37
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Louisville KY
Naples FL
Posts: 665
|
Congratulations! Such good news. Keep us posted and
wishing you the best ever.
patb
__________________
patb
Diagnosed June, 06, Stage I, Grade3, ER+PR- Her2positive, No Nodes. A/C X 4. Radiation 33 with boost, Herceptin every two weeks until Nov.
07, Arimedex for 5 years. Mugas and Echo and chest xRay. Bone scan of whole Body, and Back of Brain and spine MRI.
CT scan of Lungs every six months
due to two small places. December
2009, bone scan due to bone pain.
Follow up test in 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 02:04 PM
|
#38
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Posts: 35
|
congratulations!!!
Best wishes! I was diagnosed with stage 3c in July 05 and am still NED!!
Blessings, Kathy H
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 04:56 PM
|
#39
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,851
|
Laurie,
Congratulations! It's really wonderful. Life is truly amazing.
Best, Joan
__________________
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!!
|
|
|
|
|
06-18-2008, 08:45 PM
|
#40
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 305
|
Congratulations and best of luck to and you family.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:03 PM.
|
Linear Mode
