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02-06-2007, 07:17 AM
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Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
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mystery pill in with Femara tablets..
hi all -
I was dispensing my weekly meds yesterday and found a small round, pale yellow tablet marked "81" in with my dark yellow femara's. It was a sealed from the factory bottle so I am perplexed as to what it was. I checked a drug id site and saw nothing that matched it. Just curious if anyone else has had this happen. Glad I was paying attention! I reported it to Novartis, and they are sending an envelope to mail it to them. kim
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Kim
Diagnosed 7/05
Stage 3a er+(45%) pr+(68%) Her2+ (40%)
3.8 cm + .8cm multi focal - pleomorphic lobular tumors
high grade DCIS
7/20 nodes
BRCA 2 positive as of 5/07
surgeries: double mastectomy, hysterectomy (LAVH)
A/C,Herceptin for 1 year completed 11/06
femara
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02-06-2007, 07:27 AM
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Location: New Jersey
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That is strange!
Kim,
I am on Femara also, I have just gotten a new bottle of Femara, have checked inside - and nothing like that. Have not checked in the past but all the pills have looked the same. Been on Femara since 9/7/06.....
Keep us updated on this..
Thanks for Info.
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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02-06-2007, 07:35 AM
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Wow, that is very strange. Glad you were so alert!
81 is the number of grams in a basic aspirin, I believe. Wonder if someone had a headache while filling the femara bottles....
Skeetur
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12/01/2006 Initial Dx via stereotactic biopsy - DCIS, grade 3
12/27/2006 Lumpectomy w/ SNB: 2 foci of IDC (largest .3 cm, Grade 2, Notthingham score 6) amid large area of DCIS: No clear margins on the DCIS; re-excision recommended
ER+(55%)/PR+(60+)/HER2+ (2.8+ via IHC?)
01/23/2007 Re-excision Lumpectomy: No clear margins on the DCIS; mastectomy recommended
03/02/2007 Bilateral mastectomy w/ expander implant insertion
03/19/2007 Emergency surgery to fix broken blood vessel in left breast
03/30/2007 Met w/ oncologist; oncologist checking on HER2 status with pathologist and doing some consulting on my case - no treatments for now!
05/02/2007 Next appointment w/ oncologist
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02-06-2007, 08:51 AM
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You guys are great!!!
that is exactly what it was - asprin! My husband takes them and must have left one on the counter... I -the chemo brain wonder that I am - must have swept it up with my other tablets. GOsh! Thanks!@
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Kim
Diagnosed 7/05
Stage 3a er+(45%) pr+(68%) Her2+ (40%)
3.8 cm + .8cm multi focal - pleomorphic lobular tumors
high grade DCIS
7/20 nodes
BRCA 2 positive as of 5/07
surgeries: double mastectomy, hysterectomy (LAVH)
A/C,Herceptin for 1 year completed 11/06
femara
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02-06-2007, 09:09 AM
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Oh my! I hate it when that happens! LOL!
Glad to have helped yield an answer.
Skeetur
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12/01/2006 Initial Dx via stereotactic biopsy - DCIS, grade 3
12/27/2006 Lumpectomy w/ SNB: 2 foci of IDC (largest .3 cm, Grade 2, Notthingham score 6) amid large area of DCIS: No clear margins on the DCIS; re-excision recommended
ER+(55%)/PR+(60+)/HER2+ (2.8+ via IHC?)
01/23/2007 Re-excision Lumpectomy: No clear margins on the DCIS; mastectomy recommended
03/02/2007 Bilateral mastectomy w/ expander implant insertion
03/19/2007 Emergency surgery to fix broken blood vessel in left breast
03/30/2007 Met w/ oncologist; oncologist checking on HER2 status with pathologist and doing some consulting on my case - no treatments for now!
05/02/2007 Next appointment w/ oncologist
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02-06-2007, 01:43 PM
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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Oh, those pesky, pop around pills! Gotta watch those little rascals! They're always trying to test our alertness, uh? Luv, ma
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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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02-15-2007, 11:31 PM
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Location: Boise, Idaho
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Kim, I love this story. Am still giggling while my husband wants to know why. I looked all over for my watch this morning and finally found it on my arm Amazing isn't it?
Hang in there. It may not get better but it will definitely get different!
Love & hugs, Marlys
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02-15-2007, 11:44 PM
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
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I just have to add to this. I have been LITERALLY HUNTING for the last three weeks and thinking that I had seriously LOST MY MIND for mine and my son's birth certificates (for passport applications). Well, just two days ago where do I find them, right in front of my face below my computer monitor! You know the one, the computer monitor that I sit at for hours upon hours on a daily basis as I scour the internet searching for any tidbit of information that I might find helpful. I still can't believe they were sitting RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME THE WHOLE TIME! Yikes! Maybe I am losing my mind....
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