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07-20-2006, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 59
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I am finished! 17 mo. of TX behind me!!!!
Just wanted to share that I completed 1 year of Herceptin (weekly) on Tuesday! WAHOOOOOOIIIEEE! It just happened to be the first anniversary of my Mothers passing to to this cursed disease..May be switching to Femara IF neuropathy (not sure of origin) doesnt get better.
Its wierd not having my "safety net"!
Many thought and prayers going out to those in treatment!
Marcia
DX Dec 2004 IDC, LCIS Stage IIB multifocal ,1 node +,Her2 3+++ ER/PR 90%
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07-20-2006, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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YEA Marcia!!!!
I can't wait for the same feeling...after today only 1 more on 8/10...YIPPEE!!!!
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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07-20-2006, 10:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 59
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I will be thinking of you Rhonda on the 10th! Thanks for the congrats!
Marcia
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07-20-2006, 11:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Northern Calif.
Posts: 981
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Woohoo!! That is really great!! Enjoy your day and celebrate!
Love,
Lexi
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07-20-2006, 06:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 2,104
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Marcia, That's great news and I'm sure there are lots of us who wish we were at the point you are. Best of luck to you.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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07-20-2006, 07:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 250
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Hello Marcia,
Great news, and condolences regarding your mother-- what strange timing.
I have my last Vitamin H on Monday. We have dinner reservations for a restaurant that I've wanted to try for the past two years. Yum!
Good luck with the neuropathy.
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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07-20-2006, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: IOWA
Posts: 243
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Good for you! I have 3 more treatments left with my last being Sept 13. I plan to do something special to celebrate, but don't know what yet.
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Andi
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Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++
Diagnosed 6/30/05
Lumpectomy 7/13/05
Dose Dense A/C x 4
Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12
Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06)
Radiation completed 2/28/06
Currently on Tamoxifen
Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis
Now er/pr-, her2++
1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin
Discontinued Tamoxifen
4/27/07 CTshowed progression
5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa
5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression
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07-21-2006, 08:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: (Hill Country) Texas
Posts: 72
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Marcia,
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! I am close behind you. I will finish 9/5. I have 3 more treatments. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
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Jackie
Stage II, Grade 2, DX 4-05
EP +, HER2 +++,
1 node+, 1.6cm
46 yrs. old at time of dx.
Completed Chemo 11-05
Completed 1 yr. Herceptin 8-06
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07-21-2006, 08:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 59
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Dear Fellow Her2neuers...
Thanks for the congrats! I didnt really do anything special,just called the few friends that i knew still "cared"! Funny thing (not) is most of them are survivors themselves. I could never have gotten through it all without the support of others who came before. Sadly too I have lost a number of dear friends and family to this beast....My love and prayers for each and every one here.
Special thanks to "Rozebud" for welcoming so many months ago.
My neuropathy in my hands makes it very difficult to type for any period of time...so I mostly just read.
Thanks again,Marcia
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07-24-2006, 12:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Olathe, KS
Posts: 107
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Yeah Marcia! You have been through so much in the last year, including being displaced from your home. I haven't been on here much and even less on FORCE (still on YSC daily for my breast cancer chat board addiction) so it was a great surprise to see you pop in  .
I'm PROUD of you. Glad you gave herceptin a chance.
Jen - congrats to you too, my 3C partner in crime!!
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Rose
Dx'd 1/04 at 33, while 33 weeks pregnant
Dx: Stage IIIC IDC, ER-, PR+ (23%), Her2=2.7 (IDC)/7.6 (FSH), 2.5cm primary tumor, grade III, 11/18+ nodes (largest 3.8 cm)
Treatment: A/C *4, T *4, 1 year of herceptin (BCIRG 006), mastectomy, rads (7 weeks), zoladex (5 years) with tamoxifen (2 years)/aromisin (3 years), bilateral SGAP summer 05 at NOLA
Oops, retested tumor and I guess I'm er/pr- after all.
Stopped all hormonal tx 10/07. Periods resumed 6/08. Bye bye hot flashes!!!!
http://www.edrie.com/kopecky
*~VISIT OUR FAMILY!~*
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08-14-2006, 09:21 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 59
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Dear Rozebud,
Sorry its taken me so long to post back! Still having severe stiffness and pain in my hands so typing is problematic.
It was good to "see you" here on the Boards and I hope that you are enjoying LIFE and feeling GREAT!
Much love,Marcia
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