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Interesting about the shrinking tumors. I do not know alot about the subject, however my tumors DID shrink after 4 rounds of A/C. I had an MRI after 4 rounds of A/C and the multifocal tumors in my breast (largest one was just over 2cm) had shrunk so that they only appeared as scar tissue. My 3 involved nodes also shrunk to this same intrepretation. My onc was delighted and so was I. Then I went on to Taxol and then a Bilateral Mast. Margins were clean. I only needed to have a Mast. But I am happy with my decision. Tomorrow Jan 31 is my 3rd Herceptin. I go every 3 weeks. I just keep hoping and praying that my onc is on top of everything. I feel good, but sometimes I get scared when I do too much research. I do not like that idea that 10% of Her2+++ metast. to brain. Is that one out of 10? Is that like one out of seven women get breast cancer?
I am more positive during the day time. So guess I better go to bed.
And yes, I have gained a little weight on Herceptin already.
Catherine
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Catherine
Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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