Herceptin as monotherapy - no chemo

[Lbwagner]

I am not sure if anyone is still following this thread....
I was diagnosed with a recurrence of what they thought was DCIS and had a bilateral mastectomy in January. Complications after reconstruction....staph infection...etc. Long story short, It was discovered that there was a small area .5cm of invasive HER2 positive (ER/PR +). Of course I was relieved to have this out of my, but worried in reading about the HER2+. My lymph nodes were negative (had surgery last week) and I am scheduled to meet with oncologist to start Herceptin next week. She is not recommending that I undergo chemo with this due to the size of the invasive cancer. While relieved to not have to go through chemo, I am a little worried about whether we are doing what we can to prevent this from returning! I am 43. Thanks for the information on the effects of Herceptin.

Laurie