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Re: Hi I'm new
Hi dizzydo, my BP has been slowly but steadily climbing, and got got up to 170's, 180's after round 3. My pre-chemo levels were 120's so I was really shocked! I was really upset, thinking we'd have to stop. Bit my onc said, "it's the chemo, and it will go away after I finish my 6 rounds. So I'm on a beta blocker, and i feel a lot better. I guess we just treat the symptoms and power on if we can, and I'm sure glad.
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First occurrence: found lump in my left breast in 2002. 1.4 cm Stage I Grade I Node neg ER+ PR+ HER2 neg (didn't even know what HER2 meant). Lumpectomy, radiation, 5 years Arimedex.
Second occurrence: Oct. 2013 I found a lump in my right breast 3 months after a clear mammo.
1.5 IDC Stage I, node neg, Grade III.
Lumpectomy in November.
First path report ER+ 10% PR- HER2 neg. two margins not clear. Sample sent for Oncotype Dx test. After much delay and confusion, it turned out there are two cell lines. The ER+ tissue has an RS score of 37. The second cell type is ER-PR- HER2 +++. This double tissue type has only been found by the Oncotype lab 3 times for the entire US since they started doing the test. I'd like to be unique some other way!
October 2013 double mastectomy without reconstruction.
Treatment plan: 6 infusions of TCH then the rest of the year Herceptin, and Arimidex forever. After all this, my chance of dying from cancer in the next 10 years is probably less than dying from something else!
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