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Re: This may explain why so many younger women are being dx.
I took Clomid to boost my progesterone levels for a total of 4 cycles. I have 2 kids as a result. I have always wondered if Clomid payed a role in my breast cancer. When I was first diagnosed, I suspected it because we had tried to get private medical insurance 2 years prior, but could not get coverage for me for 5 years post Clomid. The insurance companies must suspect a link. We could never figure out why they cared since it was literally 5 pills each cycle. They sure saved a lot of money by not covering me though! Instead, my husbands co got group insurance. This article makes me wonder about the link even more since my reason for taking Clomid was because my uterine lining was too thin to support a pregnancy. I kept miscarrying.
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March 2010: Diagnosed with Stage IIIC IDC with axillary, mammary and suplaclavicular node involvement. ER/PR -, HER2+++. 7cm tumor in right breast.
April 2010: Started neoadjuvent chemo. 4 DD A/C every 2 weeks, 4 DD Taxotere every 3 weeks with Herceptin weekly.
August 2010: Finished chemo!
August 20, 2010: PET/CT showed no cancer in any nodes, and only a little uptake to the breast.
September 9, 2010: Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction with implants and Alloderm.
September 16, 2010: Pathology report showed 18/51 positive axillary nodes, 3.2cm tumor. Granual sized cancer found in the fatty tissue between levels 1 and 2.
October 19, 2010: CT showed several spots on lungs and 1 spot on liver. Liver spot is 2mm, lung spots range from 2mm to 4mm. We don't know if they are cancer or not.
12/15/10: Brain MRI clear
1/7/11: PET/CT
1/13/11: Recurrence in lungs. Start Tykerb
5/13/11: Progression in lungs
6/3/11: Lung surgery to get tumors for chemosensitivity testing.
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