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12-26-2006, 07:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 250
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With many thanks to this site, and the wonderful men and women who participate, I've been able to live my post-dx life with hope. It is a priceless gift, and one for which I am very grateful.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year.
Jen
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dx 4/05 @ 34 y.o.
Stage IIIC, ER+ (90%)/PR+ (95%)/HER2+ (IHC 3+)
lumpectomy-- 2.5 cm 15+/37 nodes
(IVF in between surgery and chemo)
tx dd A/C, followed by dd Taxol & Herceptin
30 rads (or was it 35?)
Finished Herceptin on 7/24/06
Tamox
livingcured.blogspot.com
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." -- Helen Keller
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12-26-2006, 01:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: france
Posts: 1,648
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You've created a wonderful caring community - no maybe an extended family and the information and support are so appreciated and important. I feel less alone.
many, many thanks
sarah
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12-26-2006, 03:33 PM
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Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Vashon, WA
Posts: 11
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Thanks for giving us hope!
christine, i have never met you but i look forward to meeting you in the future. thanks for all you have done to give us hope! we are indebted to your devotion to this cause.
sincerely, sara
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12-27-2006, 01:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 189
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Christine,
You are a hero in my eyes. A hero is one who overcomes terrible adversity in their own lives and sees it as an opportunity to give to others. Your hard work and sacrifice has changed and saved lives, and you have brought together a place of encouragement, support, hope and love.
God Bless you and Joe with peace and health in the coming year.
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Cheryl
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12-27-2006, 08:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mountains of Virginia
Posts: 2,267
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Christine and Joe,
"Thank you" could never be sufficient to express the gratitude we owe you for providing this forum of knowledge, support and HOPE!
May the new year bring us all good things and well being.
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PERFEKTBABY live
Last edited by sassy; 08-22-2011 at 08:59 AM..
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12-28-2006, 07:00 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 208
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Adding my heartfelt Thanks too, this site is such a blessing. I stand in awe of all the people who contritbute so much. Thank you Christine and Joe, you've really made a difference in the lives of so many of us. Love and hugs to all!
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12-28-2006, 09:16 AM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: California
Posts: 13
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Dear Christine and Joe,
I don't have the words to express my heartfelt thanks for starting the HER2 site. When I was first diagnosed in Nov. 2000 it was hard enough finding information on HER2 breast cancer let alone any thing positive about it. This site was such a welcome relief and a valuable tool. I have been able to share information and new developments with my oncologist and with this site and the many wonderful contributors I can rest assured that I'm always on top of any new and upcoming treatments.
I wish you and all the wonderful men and women on this site a very happy healthy 2007.
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12-28-2006, 11:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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When one considers....
what has been accomplished because of this site in only five years, it is
just amazing! Just imagine what will be accomplished in the next five years.
Maybe a cure! God Bless both Joe and Christine.
Hugs,
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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12-28-2006, 01:54 PM
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#29
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Louisville KY
Naples FL
Posts: 665
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Christine and Joe
I am new here and have found a home with all the wonderful women and the help from Christine and Joe. Knowledge is power. Thanks
patb
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12-28-2006, 03:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA
Posts: 40
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Christine and Joe,
Thank you both for all you dedication to this site and especially your input ....
You have helped me much more than you will know ... You are lifesavers of the
best kind .... Best wishes for the New Year ... May the Lord strengthen you both to continue on ....
Take Care,
Debbie
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dx stage 4 ... 11/04
3.2 cm mass breast & liver mets..
her2 +++ ; er- ; pr -;
11/04 treated with hercp, taxol & carboplatin - every 3 wks
3/05 ned - stopped chemo; hercp only
5/05 reoccurence left breast
6/05 added navelbiene w/ hercp every other wk
7/05 mascetomy
12/05 ned ; same regiment- every 3 wks
3/06 & 7/06 ned
9/06 stopped navelbiene.. hercp only.. every 3 wks;
10/06 pet scan shows positive lymph node in pec
12/06 PET no change;
4/07 scan showed 4 abnormal nodes in right pec area ... these have increased in activity since last scan... will start back on weekly navelbeine & hercp
7/07 PET done ..this time it showed new nodules in both right & left lung area as well as increased activity in pec area..
8/07 started Taxol & Carboplatin with Hercp every 3 wks
10/07 PET done ...Great Report ... NED ....
11/07 continue with Hercp every 3 wks & do Taxol & Carboplatin every 6 wks
4/09 still on same regiment; 1 positive node in left lung and right pec area
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12-28-2006, 10:16 PM
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#31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 301
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Christine-
This site has given me so much knowledge and hope. While I also owe a debt of gratitude to the members who share this knowledge, your work was the genesis that has made it all possible.
Thank you, thank you, and best wishes to you and Joe for Health and Happpiness in the New Year!
Kind regards,
Shell
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Shell
init diag 3/17/03-stage IIIC
ER-/PR-/HER2+++
CET x4 neo-adjuvant
lump & SNB 8/03
CET x2
radiation and herceptin/navelbine 11-03-1/04
1st reoccur to lymph nodes 8/04
complete axillary dissection 12/04
herceptin/taxotere til progression (lungs) 3/05
xeloda w/out lapatinib trial 6/05
lapatinib/tykerb added 4/06
ended trial 8/06 due to progression
doxil / avastin 11/06-12/06 - wasn't working
navelbine/herceptin/avastin 12/06/3/07 - progression
gemzar/carboplatin/tykerb 4/07
mri shows extensive mets to bone in pelvic area 6/07
switched to abraxane (3 on/1 off) + tykerb 6/07
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01-01-2007, 05:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 869
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My heartfelt thanks to this wonderful website--we are in a sisterhood we never wanted to join (and brothers, too)-thanks to everyone. May God Bless. Ceesun
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01-02-2007, 09:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 182
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Bridge to sanity and hope
Steph said it right, this site has been and continues to be my bridge to sanity and hope. The information I obtain from all your comments and the synergy of all the people on the site doing research and banding together is phenomenal. When ever I start to lose it I login-in and seem to always find the right information to give me hope. To all who actively participate and Christine and Joe for creating and maintaining this site I wish you all a peaceful and healthy new year.
Kay (KK1)
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01-04-2007, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: northshore suburb of chicago
Posts: 1,093
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Christine, not only do we owe abundant thanks to you and Joe but you have continued to make us hopeful and thinking positive with your updates. Thanks again for reminding us how lucky we are to have her2 verses any other form of bc. I always know where to turn if I need to feel better. Happy Healthy New Year.
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~Rina~
Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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