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11-17-2007, 07:55 PM
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Location: Sheboygan, WI
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to my her2 sisters and brothers! I pray your Thanksgiving is a day you are all able to recount all the many blessings you all enjoy! May your Thanksgiving just be another day of "thanksLIVING"
God grant each of us hearts full of love, peace and thanks for each day we are given.
Love you all,
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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11-18-2007, 04:02 AM
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Mary Jo...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
to ALL my HER2 family and friends...I am thankful for you all.
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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11-18-2007, 04:12 AM
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Location: Savannah, Georgia
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I am soooo excited this year for Thanksgiving.....and Christmas to boot! Gone are the years of complaining about how I will get everything done, and how tired I am (before BC). I feel like a little kid again- so excited, "eyes wide open", and feeling the meaning. I rarely say this, but thank you breast cancer, for making me feel alive again, and remembering whats important in life. Most of all, thank you God for blessing me in so many ways- more than I can count.
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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11-18-2007, 05:57 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: moved to Lancaster, Pa in June, 2010
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Kelly, I am like you, I feel like a kid this year with such anticipation for the holidays. Last year I was in the middle of my treatments of A/C and didn't have the energy for anything. So this year I am decorating my house to the hilt, we have adopted to 8 year olds through our church for christmas ( It is fun buying gifts for children) we talked about doing this for many years and finally I decided it was time to give to someone else and make their holiday a bit brighter. We are also going to PA to be with my daughter and son-in-law and my two precious grandchildren for a few days before christmas, before my son-in-law starts his grueling treatment for malignant melenoma. I just feel so alive this year and thankful for every day! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL MY HER2 SISTERS!!!!!!!
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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11-18-2007, 07:16 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: CHARLOTTE NC USA
Home town (ECUADOR) South America
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Kelly that is so true, my birthday is in Dec and I' hated when my birthday was coming ...because I though that I was getting old ...but after BC I start to have my small celebration and no embarracing when I said my age ..sometimes 2 months after diag I was in the Doc office and my interior mind din't responde with the true and my responce was adding 2 more year to my age (i was 38 and I said 40) and when check time I was reading the sheet ...and I said "oh I'm sorry I give my wrong age I' 38 year old only " now now I just want to be old and of course the thankgiving and christmas celebration have other meaning ...it is a celebration of live too, I wish to everybody a very nice thanksgivens
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Lily Diag April/06 5 months after give birth my son Max stage IV mets on liver (5 tumors) 38 year old, her2+++ and ER+PR+ from32 nodes 4 positives mastectomy right breast chemo before surgery herceptin/carboplatin/taxotere ,clear and surgery have radiation 20, `& then herceptin and tamoxifen NED until Aug/07 body only then 'n June 04-06-07 .1 lesion of 1.6 cm on cerebellum ...novalis ,open sugery 5m.m brain met again novalis, 4mm.In the liver. Waiting 2 months now 3 tumors enroll on T-MCC trial start first infusion Nov 5/07 at Dec 17 scan show one tumor despair the 2nd and 3th diminish Doc said great results until March/08 ct scan show progression 03-05-08 start tykerb & xeloda
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11-18-2007, 04:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: OH
Posts: 385
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Happy Thanksgiving to All
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11-18-2007, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Detroit Metropolitan Area, Michigan
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Vi, That is the cutest Thanksgiving card. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
May you all be blessed with wellness and thankfulness and great Turkey too.
I pray for all my HER2 sisters and for world peace.
Happy Thanksgiving,
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Aug06...Dx Age 50, IDC Left Breast, 6+/16 lymph nodes, Stg 3, ER+/PR+/HER2+
Sep06-Jan07...Mediport. Chemo: AC x 4, T x 4
Dec06-Nov07...Herceptin
Feb12,2007...Surg MRM Left & SM Right, reconstruct w/expanders
Mar07-Jun07...Saline Exp
Jun07...Start Tamoxifen
Jun07-Aug07...Rad x 25
Jun07-Oct07...Persistent fevers-unknown origin
Jun07-Nov07...PT for Severe PMPS & Capsular Contracture
Nov07...Surg Capsulectomy, Gel Implants, PMPS pain gone instantly.
Feb08...NED 1st CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Feb08...2 months post surgery Caps Cont again :(
Mar08...Stop Tamoxifen. Start Arimidex.
Apr08...Sudden high fever, Hosp ICU 10 days, staph infect, emerg surg, implants removed. Outpt IVantibiotics Daily x 6 weeks
Feb11...NED 5th CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Feb12...NED 6th CANCERVERSARY!!!!!
Aug12...Spotting. Surg=D&C
Sep12...STAGE IV = RARE BC METS TO UTERUS ILC ER+/PR+/HER2-Negative) (Different BC than originally diagnosed = IDC ER+/PR+/HER2+).
Sep12...Stop Arimidex. Start Afinitor & Aromasin.
Jan13...MRI = no progression no reduction
Apr13...Progression. Stop Afinitor & Aromasin.
Apr13...Start Chemo: Taxol & Carboplatin.
Nov13...Scans & Pelvic 95+% Reduction. Nueropathy>Stop chemo start Fareston.
Jan14...PET scan = no progression stable.
May14...Pelvic > Bleeding & cramps. TMs up.
May14...PET scan = uterine progression :(
May14...Stop Fareston. Start Chemo: Xeloda.
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11-19-2007, 02:46 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
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 I'm back to "Thanks-living" this year too! Surely does feel good. We stayed after church for the Thanksgiving pot luck; so our granddaughter could get in her much desired "social time", but guess who had the bestest time? Me, of course! That little rascal thinks I'm helping her....what a joke! Feels like I'm getting all the "Thanks-living" education!
Love and thanksliving to each of you!
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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11-19-2007, 07:14 AM
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Location: Naples FL
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Happy Thanksgiving to us all!!! I decided this year to start to put up Christmas lights before Thanksgiving! It is very dark and dreary here in the Pacific Northwest and I love the look of all the pretty lights. It is never too soon to start to CELEBRATE!!! xox to you all!!!
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 Suzan W.
age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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11-19-2007, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: OH
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Suzan
Happy Thanksgiving and glad to see you back on the board.
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11-19-2007, 08:50 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of us. I give thanks for each and every day and continued good health for us all. , Jeanette
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11-19-2007, 09:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume
ALWAYS BELIEVE
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I Love The Holidays.....
and sharing them with my family her is one of my complete joys. Through the last several months I have recieved all the love and support that we have needed to fight and conquer this horrific battle. There has never been a time in my life that I have felt more completed and loved. You all have enriched my life so very much that no words that I could ever write would compare to the feelings I have for you Angel Warriors!! My husband and I are indebited forever to the bonds that we all share here and give thanks each and every day. Some may say that following your journeys would be so depressing (yes I know people that could never be a part of our world even though they have breast cancer!!). Not us!! I find that following your journeys and listening to your souls has enriched us, made us better than before. My world needs all of you, I need to hear your smiles, to listen to your concerns, to somewhat give back.
So yes Ladies, I am thankful that my house is warm and there is food in the fridge. I am thankful that I can watch my granddaughter grow along side of her family. Thankful that my husband has such a wonderful support team and all of what he needs to fight this fight. I am appreciative that my family is here loving me day to day and that you are part of that family. I think the thing I am most thankful for is the better person I become every day, struggling to be positive and spiritual, to gain control of my feelings and give back to others in need. Becoming a pro again of the person I once was before breast cancer entered our lives. Once it entered I did loose myself for a while, but I am back now new and revised, better than before thanks to you.
Thank you all My Sweets for coming here every day and loving us all. We could not do it without you. And of course, Joe & Christine, the thanks I have for both of you is as deep as the ocean!! Without you both I would have never known some of the greatest Warriors that encompass our lives on a regular basis. Love, Blessings and Prayers>>Believe51
PS: Although I say thanks each day it is such a pleasure to have an entire day to think of the things which I hold sacred!! And even the big dinner for the two of us is worth the effort just to be able to sit and eat with the Mighty Oak for yet another holiday. I am truely blessed!!>>MarieG
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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11-19-2007, 09:32 PM
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Location: Northern Calif.
Posts: 981
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Happy Thansgiving to each of you and yours. I am thankful for each of you!
HUgs,
Lexi
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11-19-2007, 09:55 PM
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Location: Bradenton,FL
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Happy Thanksgiving from me as well!
Marcia
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11-19-2007, 10:48 PM
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Location: Marengo, IL
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Happy Thanksliving dear sisters.
Yes, I am in a better place today than last year at this time. I am so grateful for so many blessings, one being this site. To all who are going through chemo right now, you can do it! We are here to cheer you on and rejoice with you when you complete treatment. It does get better.
Donna
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Crystal Lake, IL
Diagnosed 8/4/06 at age 54
Lumpectomy 8/30/06
Stage llA, grade 3, ER/PR-, Her2++
1.7 cm tumor, 1+ lymph node out of 9
Completed 4 A/C, & 4 Taxol with Herceptin
36 rads completed 5/16/07
Mammograms, 7/07 clear
fractured ribs in radiated area 10/07
Finished Herceptin 12/27/07
Mammogram,CT,tumor markers 1/08 - small lung nodules in radiated area, repeated tests 3/08 stable
Mammogram,CT ,tumor markers 6/08 stable
NED 2 years!!
3 years !!!
4years!!!!
4 years, 10 months and 8 day NED, calling it 5 years!!!
Official 5 years 8/30/2011
8/31/ 2012 - 6 years!!!!!!
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11-20-2007, 09:52 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Lincoln, Rhode Island
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of you I love you all!!!! Gobble Gobble...........
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Love and Hope
Karen
IDC
DX 1998 STAGE I ER+/ PR+
AC CHEMO TILL FEB 1999
Tamxofin till 2001
2001 exstensive liver mets and mets to lungs
Started weekly taxol
Jan 2002 found out I was strongly HER2POS+++ started herceptin continued with taxol and herceptin till June 2002 then from June 2002 till Jan 2005 just herceptin and Arimidex
2005 Navelbine herceptin had RFA Then back on taxol with herceptin
April 2006 progression again went on clinical trial with tykrerb/herceptin progressed on the started Xeloda/ herceptin
Feb 2007 started Doxil
August 2007 Taxotere,Carboplatin and Herceptin exstensive mets to liver and pancreas
October 2007 Had to stop Carboplatin due to sever allergic reaction
Jan 2008
Stopped Taxotere due to progression now on Gemzar and Herceptin
March 2008 Starting Carboplatin, Abraxane, and Herceptin.
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11-21-2007, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Poland Ohio just a little south of Youngstown.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all! I am especially thankful for this thanksgiving. Last year when I started my chemo, I set a goal. I was going to prepare Thanksgiving dinner for my family in 2007 (No way I was able last thanksgiving). I'm so happy that I'm here and I'm working on that dinner! My sons and their families will be here and I can't put into words how wonderful that makes me feel. 18 monthes ago, I thought I was doomed and would never prepare another feast for my family, I thank God everyday! My best to all of you and hope you have wonderful holidays.
Love and Hugs
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Susan
Age: 61
dx: 5/25/06
2 cm/ 0 nodes
Lumpectomy rt breast on 7/26/06
ER/PR- / Her2+++
A/C x 4
finished taxotere 2/07
finished 33 rads
Herceptin finished 12/07/07 Yippee!
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11-21-2007, 02:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: I live in Christmas, MI - located on the shores of Lake Superior.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of You!
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Barb
10/03 Radical Mastectomy 3 cm tumor - 1/17 Nodes Stage II B, Her 2 +++ ER-/PR- 11/03 4 AC 4 Taxol 12/05 Stage IV - Lung met , Bone mets - Carbo, Taxotere, Herceptin 9/06 - 2 cm brain tumor 10/06 - Tumor removal surgery - Herceptin Halted 12/06 gamma knife tumor base.1/07 Navelbine/Herceptin 4/07 Rads to R femur 5/07 Stereotactic - new 2 cm brain tumor 4/07 Start Xeloda 5/07 Tykerb added 7/07 Brain MRI clean 10/07 .055 cm brain met found. 12/07 Stereotactic -1 cm brain tumor Start Tykerb 11/07 Abraxane/Herceptin 5/08 Cisplatin, Gemcitabine/Herceptin 6/08 Stereotactic to 1cm 9/08 Stereotactic repeat (growth). 11/08 Pet Scan Good but new tiny met on L lung/dead Brain surgery (no cancer cells found/scar tissue) 1/09 Chemo restarted 2/09 Pet Scan Bad - R larger very active/active L active lymph nodes both sides of chest MRI- mets slight increase 2/09 Start Doxil/Tykerb Treatment
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