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07-15-2006, 06:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 64
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Free at LAST!
I had my last herceptin infusion yesterday and I'm going to call the surgeon to get my port removed in a couple of weeks. It does feel good to be free from the routine IV thing and to be done with treatment !!!! Oncogloist told me yesterday that thanks to herceptin, I have very good prognosis. Just wanted to share good news with all of you who listened to me during the rough times. BERTA
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07-15-2006, 06:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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Yea Berta!!!!
NOW you can attack your new position with a new furer! MANY happy and healthy years! Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
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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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07-15-2006, 06:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 32
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Berta,
Congratulations May your good health continue.
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Ann
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07-15-2006, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Southern, CA
Posts: 2,511
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Berta, Oh what a NICE feeling that must be. Time to move on to better times!
Enjoy yourself and have fun.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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07-15-2006, 09:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,756
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Berta, that's WONDERFUL NEWS! Congrats!
<3 Lolly
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07-16-2006, 01:56 AM
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Deceased
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 113
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Free at LAST!
Berta,
Congratulations Sweetie! That is wonderful news. I am so happy for you.
Wishing you all the best in your new found freedom, may you continue to have good health forever more.
Hugs,
Nicola
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07-16-2006, 07:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 250
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Congrats Berta! I have my last in a week, and I can hardly believe it-- what a long strange trip it has been!
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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07-16-2006, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mountains of Virginia
Posts: 2,267
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Wonderful news Berta! Congrats!
Sassy
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07-16-2006, 03:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: LI, NY
Posts: 660
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Dear Berta -Ccongratulations!!!! This is so great to hear!!! I pray NED stays by your side for years and years to come....Maryann
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07-16-2006, 05:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: indianapolis, indiana
Posts: 1,544
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Congratulations! I know how good it feels to be done.
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07-16-2006, 05:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 2,104
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Congratulations! I imagine it must be a great feeling to finally be free of the routine. Enjoy yourself and good 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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