Marejo,

meet the most "worried" patient my onc. has seen he said!! I had 34 pos nodes and now i'm 3 years out! The scariest was getting off Herceptin. I begged my onc for more. He said NO. Now i'm glad he did. I felt a kid in a candy store getting shut off from candy. To make you feel better, my onc told me they have not had ANYONE recur in 5 years on the Herceptin trial. I had to ask several nurses to believe it. I don't know why they had 100% not recur. The study said about 50% decrease in recurrence, but 100%, Wow. Let this be encourgaing for you. I know the first 2 years are the worst. Like Audrey my dearest friend said, It does get easier. One day you will wake up and forget to worry!

Hi Micheleu,

What an ENCOURAGING post. Thank you for that. Is that really true. NO ONE had a recurrence in those who were on herceptin. I want to NOT believe it out of fear of me being the first one - haha!

I so appreciate your encouragement. God continue to protect you from this disease.

Marejo