HonCode

Go Back   HER2 Support Group Forums > her2group
Register Gallery FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-03-2016, 07:29 AM   #1
Hopeful
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,380
Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

This story was picked up from the news forum: http://www.news-medical.net/news/201...-disorder.aspx

It certainly gave me pause. There must be a better way for the medical community to discuss dx, tx and prognosis that would alleviate this.

Hopeful
Hopeful is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-03-2016, 01:14 PM   #2
Donna H
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 307
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

A few months ago I actually thought about this exact thing - do I feel like I have PTSD. I immediately dismissed it and thought I was being dramatic. But I really think it makes sense. Especially with HER2 statistics. It's certainly not the same as a soldier would have but none the less, probably very real for many breast cancer survivors (warriors). Personally I think more care should go into the emotional/mental side of this DX and TX. Very interesting article/study.
Donna H is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-03-2016, 04:29 PM   #3
suzan w
Senior Member
 
suzan w's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
Posts: 1,744
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

I was diagnosed with PTSD (and other psychological issues) in 1992. It was never easy for me. Then, in 2005, diagnosed with breast cancer. The PTSD has gotten worse. This is a very interesting article!! Thanks for posting.
__________________
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!!
suzan w is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-04-2016, 07:45 AM   #4
Hopeful
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,380
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

I would be really curious to see if, for example, colon cancer patients develop PTSD. I think the entire breast cancer treatment industry (my personal definition of it) is fear based - scaring women into self-exams, screenings, and overtreatment. It is important not to lose sight of the fact that medicine is a business, and bc is a huge profit center for screening centers, drug makers, docs and hospitals. Is it no wonder this is the result?

Hopeful
Hopeful is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-04-2016, 02:06 PM   #5
v-ness
Senior Member
 
v-ness's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: western ma
Posts: 280
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

what do you mean by 'scaring women into self exams'? i am confused. cancer is scary, no matter how you try to reason with women to perform self exams at any age, it will come off as 'scaring' because of that. we *should* be doing self exams! we should be taking that responsibility and being pro-active instead of complaining about the medical community. i did a speech last year and 'scared' some young women present by telling them they should start self exams now, no time is too young. breast cancer diagnoses are happening younger and younger all the time. i have a friend whose daughter was diagnosed in her 20's. the majority of my friends in my online support groups were under 40. my niece died of it at age 39. if people need to be scared straight, in my opinion, they should be scared into taking care of themselves too. it may not stop them from getting cancer, but it can sure make a difference in when it's discovered, especially when you have tools of early diagnosis. my boyfriend skipped his 10 yr colonoscopy. at 12 yrs, he was diagnosed stage 4 colon cancer. i wish i'd scared him into getting his colonoscopy 2 yrs earlier. it could have made all the difference in the world.

i'm not sure i have PTSD from having breast cancer myself, but i certainly have it from watching my husband and mom die of cancer and fretting over my boyfriend's cancer and my newly diagnosed friend. i found it a lot easier to have it myself than to watch those around me suffer from it and worry who's next. i hear people say that women are 'made' to get mammograms they don't really need and i just want to scream at the ignorance. mammograms and self exams are exactly how most of my friends (including myself) discovered our breast cancers.
__________________
8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast
10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin.
1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010.
2/10 began 7 wks of radiation
6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer
8/10 got my last remaining ovary out
10/10 mammogram all clear
3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US
needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew!
7/10 switched to Arimidex
8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex
Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin
Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much.
back on Tamoxifen 1/2013.
blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen
tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer.
cancer's screwing with another man i love
2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!
v-ness is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-04-2016, 02:28 PM   #6
Hopeful
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,380
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

I understand that your experience and mine are different, as are the way we view this issue. I can respect your opinion, and ask you to do the same for mine.

Hopeful
Hopeful is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-04-2016, 04:39 PM   #7
StephN
Senior Member
 
StephN's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
Posts: 4,128
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

My stage IV diagnosis and prediction of less than a year to live is what haunts me. I am still here and NED, but sometimes still have a hard time believing that I can plan a trip in the near future or look forward to an event. Those are the easy things.

Valerie, glad you get the chance to speak to a group and tell things from your viewpoint. All the best for your boyfriend to overcome his fight!
__________________
"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau
Live in the moment.

MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~
Found suspicious lump 9/2000
Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
36 rads - very little burning
3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.
StephN is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2016, 05:15 AM   #8
sarah
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: france
Posts: 1,648
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

Stephanie like you I had a hard time planning things too far out but now I'm over that! It takes time. However I strongly dislike comparing our stress to a soldier's. Ours generally softens with time and ours is less complicated. I certainly could never imagine going through what a soldier goes through. Obviously we are both facing death and fighting our disease takes strength and courage but many of us can live a good life and in many cases even appreciate life with more joy and gratefulness. Perhaps ours should be called PSSD, post shock stress disease. Please lets not compare ourselves to soldiers even though we may consider ourselves in a battle. I think it is important to recognize the great stress that happens with a cancer diagnosis and finding ways to help that.
__________________
sarah is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2016, 07:01 AM   #9
Lauriesh
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Lakeville, Minnesota
Posts: 199
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

PTSD is not just for soldiers. I have seen drs use the term with with women who were raped or molested. Also, people in traumatic car accidents, terror attacks, etc.m
__________________
diagnosed stage 2- 3/2005
4.5 cm & 2+ nodes , er/pr- & HER2+
4 AC
12 taxol/Herceptin
Year of Herceptin
liver mets- July-2010
7 taxotere/Herceptin
RFA- Feb.2011
NED
U of Wa vaccine trial-oct 2011-Feb 2012
Herceptin/tykerb
Ned - 2 1/2 years
Herceptin & perjeta
Ned 3 years
Herceptin- reducing treatments , due to s/e, to 5-6 a year
NED- 3 1/2 years
Ned - 4 years
2/15- stopped herceptin - on no treatment
Lauriesh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2016, 10:38 AM   #10
jacqueline1102
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 183
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

Greetings all,

We opened up parameters of the diagnosis of PTSD. Whereas, the term was initially used to describe the psychological impact of war for those returning home, the behavioral symptoms are the same as if you experienced or witness any trauma; castrophic natural disasters, rape and sexual assault, childhood abuse, MVA (motor vehicle accidents), emergency responders from 911, just to name a few. The health care industry might be catching up with the world of psychology thanks to the push of the mental health world.

Being a patient and a licensed clinical psychologist working in a medical setting has been interesting. Newer physicians are more open to hearing from me about assessing for PTSD in all of our patients. What we have is not simply GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder). We worry because of the trauma of the disease.

Hope this helps, all

Cheers,

Jackie (a patient and a provider)
__________________
10/11 IBC Stage IV; 1 liver met 4.6 cm.
10/11-2/12 TCH for 6 rounds
3/12 Right MRM
5/12-7/12 33 Radiation treatments
8/1/12 Started Perjeta along with the Herceptin
10/12 Scans said NED for first time
5/15 UWSeattle Vaccine Trial 3 months
12/16 Scans still show NED. Herceptin and Perjeta continue indef.
8/17 Taken off Perjeta;staying on Herceptin. Still NEAD.
3/18 Still NEAD
8/19 Now on Subcutaneous Herceptin
10/21 Remain on Subcutaneous Herceptin (Hylecta)
11/21 CT showed possible lung mets. Was told to wait and see until scan
1/22 CT shows continued growth
03/22 Lung Biopsy said sample was too small but nodules keep growing and IR is convinced that it is indeed cancer
04/22 Oncologist referred for consult for a transbronchial biopsy. This does not sound pleasant
jacqueline1102 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2016, 01:48 PM   #11
donocco
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 474
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

Excellent point.

Sadly I laugh when I see the Komen adds about the " Race for the Cure."
Lets assume the unlikely possibility they found "THE CURE." It would be FDA approved for advanced Triple negative breast cancer after drugs A,B,C,D and E have been used.

If "THE CURE" were wideley used.

1. Oncologists go out of business

2. Drug companies are reduced to finding new Viagras and hopefully new antibiotics

3. Labratories lose money (a lot)

4. No more mammographies

5. No more Mammography machines.

6. No more mammography technicians

7. The stocks representing whatever metals make up Mammography Machines drop

Paul
donocco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2016, 02:34 PM   #12
StephN
Senior Member
 
StephN's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
Posts: 4,128
Thumbs up Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

Good ideas voiced.

I think the PTSD diagnosis can come more easily with cancer patients who have experienced any of the other multiple events that can leave a person marked. For instance, many of us have been in car accidents, had other life threatening things happen, such as nearly drowning or other narrow escapes, been hurt badly by loved ones or someone very close, or seen a house on fire with people inside. All shocks.

These events can add up and then when a life-threatening diagnosis is added to 2 or 3 of the above, the PTSD is not far away.

Count me as thankful that the parameters of PTSD have widened so that more people can get help that is far beyond the normal "support group" to provide.
__________________
"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau
Live in the moment.

MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~
Found suspicious lump 9/2000
Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
36 rads - very little burning
3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.
StephN is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-09-2016, 02:02 PM   #13
AlaskaAngel
Senior Member
 
AlaskaAngel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Alaska
Posts: 2,018
PTSD and bc

Even though the depth of PTSD varies among us, the obvious conclusion that dx and tx would cause it to exist should have resulted in more in-depth focus on treating it as an integral part of the basic plan for care. ESPECIALLY given that standard treatment is based on known and sanctioned difficult overtreatment for the vast majority of patients.

For some, there is both the shock of dx and tx AND mets from the getgo, that would create PTSD.

For me, it is impossible to separate out the PTSD that I have from dx and tx alone, from the shock of being subjected to extremely inferior care by the fully licensed/approved hospital and "breast care specialist" surgeon from whom I received my initial "care". Yet that too falls within the entire reality of dx and tx and PTSD.

My impression is that health care personnel seem to make this worse by thinking of bc patients in general as being a single group of people who have been diagnosed with an eventually terminal disease, without ever adding any significant effort toward treating any PTSD. Even if they offer encouragement for early stage nonrecurrent patients, there still is a feeling that they see bc patients as terminal, and yet they don't put an emphasis on the impact of dealing with such an indefinite result.

I know that some efforts have begun toward focusing on long-term survival, probably mostly in larger cancer centers. But I don't know that those efforts include the recognition of the obvious result of PTSD for bc patients.

A.A.
__________________
Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
NED
AlaskaAngel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-10-2016, 06:45 PM   #14
Mtngrl
Senior Member
 
Mtngrl's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,427
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

Some wonderful insights here. Thank you, everyone, for sharing.

It is, or should be, well known that new traumas tend to dredge up "unfinished business" from old traumas. As Steph N says, lots of people have past traumas--near-drowning, accidents, watching someone else get hurt, or even collective traumas like the events of 9/11/01. On top of that, an astonishingly large number of people experienced less-than-optimal childhoods, with abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, family dysfunction, etc. People with a score of 6 on the 10-point "adverse childhood events" index are four times as likely to develop cancer.

But, for the most part, the very high likelihood that cancer treatment will trigger someone's PTSD or pre-existing "complex developmental trauma," or, all by itself, cause PTSD, is not factored in to treatment modalities or accounted for in any way. No one treating me for cancer has ever even asked me about past trauma. They've also never assessed my psychological condition. I've never been evaluated for PTSD. I'm asked to self-report whether I have more depressive symptoms than usual, but that's it.

But if we know about these things we can take care of ourselves. People's brains can be rewired. We can learn "there is no tiger." We can engage in physical and spiritual practices that help us achieve healing and wholeness.
__________________
Amy
_____________________________
4/19/11 Diagnosed invasive ductal carcinoma in left breast; 2.3 cm tumor, 1 axillary lymph node, weakly ER+, HER2+++
4/29/11 CT scan shows suspicious lesions on liver and lungs
5/17/11 liver biopsy
5/24/11 liver met confirmed--Stage IV at diagnosis
5/27/11 Begin weekly Taxol & Herceptin for 3 months (standard of care at the time of my DX)
7/18/11 Switch to weekly Abraxane & Herceptin due to Taxol allergy
8/29/11 CT scan shows no new lesions & old lesions shrinking
9/27/11 Finish Abraxane. Start Herceptin every 3 weeks. Begin taking Arimidex
10/17/11--Brain MRI--No Brain mets
12/5/11 PET scan--Almost NED
5/15/12 PET scan shows progression-breast/chest/spine (one vertebra)
5/22/12 Stop taking Arimidex; stay on Herceptin
6/11/12 Started Tykerb and Herceptin on clinical trial (w/no chemo)
9/24/12 CT scan--No new mets. Everything stable.
3/11/13 CT Scan--two small new possible mets and odd looking area in left lung getting larger.
4/2/13--Biopsy of suspicious area in lower left lung. Mets to lung confirmed.
4/30/13 Begin Kadcyla/TDM-1
8/16/13 PET scan "mixed," with some areas of increased uptake, but also some definite improvement, so I'll stay on TDM-1/Kadcyla.
11/11/13 Finally get hormone receptor results from lung biopsy of 4/2/13. My cancer is no longer ER positive.
11/13/13 PET scan mixed results again. We're calling it "stable." Problems breathing on exertion.
2/18/14 PET scan shows a new lesion and newly active lymph node in chest, other progression. Bye bye TDM-1.
2/28/14 Begin Herceptin/Perjeta every 3 weeks.
6/8/14 PET "mixed," with no new lesions, and everything but lower lungs improving. My breathing is better.
8/18/14 PET "mixed" again. Upper lungs & one spine met stable, lower lungs less FDG avid, original tumor more avid, one lymph node in mediastinum more avid.
9/1/14 Begin taking Xeloda one week on, one week off. Will also stay on Herceptin and Perjeta every three weeks.
12/11/14 PET Scan--no new lesions, and everything looks better than it did.
3/20/15 PET Scan--no new lesions, but lower lung lesions larger and a bit more avid.
4/13/15 Increasing Xeloda dose to 10 days on, one week off.
7/1/15 Scan "mixed" again, but suggests continuing progression. Stop Xeloda. Substitute Abraxane every 3 weeks starting 7/13.
10/28/15 PET scan shows dramatic improvement everywhere. All lesions except lower lungs have resolved; lower lungs noticeably improved.
12/18/15 Last Abraxane. Continue on Herceptin and Perjeta alone beginning 1/8/16.
1/27/16 PET scan shows cancer is stable.
5/11/16 PET scan shows uptake in some areas that were resolved on the last two scans.
6/3/16 Begin Kadcyla and Tykerb combination
6/5 - 6/23 Horrible diarrhea from K&T together. Got pneumonia.
7/15/16 Begin Kadcyla only every 3 weeks.
9/6/16 Begin radiation therapy on right lung lesion that caused the pneumonia.
10/3/16 Last of 12 radiation treatments to right lung.
11/4/16 Huffing and puffing, low O2, high heart rate, on tiniest bit of exertion. Diagnosed as radiation pneumonitis. Treated with Prednisone.
11/11/16 PET scan shows significant improvement to radiated part of right lung BUT a bunch of new lung lesions, and the bone met is getting worse.
11/22/16 Begin Eribulin and Herceptin. H every 3 weeks. E two weeks on, one week off.
3/6/17 Scan shows progression in lungs. Bone met a little better.
3/23/17 Lung biopsy. Tumor sampled is ER-, PR+ (5%), HER2+++. Getting Herceptin and Perjeta as a maintenance treatment.
5/31/17 Port placement
6/1/17 Start Navelbine & Tykerb
Mtngrl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-10-2016, 10:09 PM   #15
Jedrik
Senior Member
 
Jedrik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 36
Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD

Very interesting topic, thanks all for contributing.
It's a bit different in germany: Most of us spend three days in hospital during staging and while sentinel nodes are removed. Those days include a visit from a social worker, sorting out help and claim forms, and a psychooncologist, assessing psychological needs and getting the women on track for treatment if needed. Both are available again when in hospital after surgery after chemo and between that you may call them when in need. I know of a woman who even got accompagnied to chemo because she was too afraid to face it alone the first time.
It's not their job to really work with you on the things that get you down, though. For this you get a list of local specialists, the services of most of them covered by health insurance. But how many frogs do you need to kiss until you got the one you get along with? Right now I find myself in a place where I even dread to try because it's all a bit much anyway.
__________________
Dx 9/17/2015, IDC/Paget's, Left, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 3, 0/3 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2+ at age 57
Surgery 10/6/2015 Lymph node removal: Sentinel
Chemotherapy
start 10/19/2015 Carboplatin (Paraplatin), Taxotere (docetaxel)
Targeted Therapy start 10/19/2015 Herceptin (trastuzumab), Perjeta (pertuzumab)
Surgery 02/23/2016 MX Left, PMX Right
Jedrik is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 10:29 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright HER2 Support Group 2007 - 2021
free webpage hit counter