A Visit with Dr. Pegram
 

Sorry it took me so long to get this done, but now I'm glad I spent the time transferring our discussion (in Dr. Pegram's office) from the little digital recorder to paper. Thanks to the person who suggested taking a recorder along. What a great idea. Had I not done that, a lot of information would have been lost.

http://www.her2support.org/barbara.htm

Barbara, I know that it took time to do this for all of us. Thank you for making your precious time with the doctor available to us. What a wonderful gift! ma

Thank you
 

Barbara,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. It was very informative and matter of fact. Much appreciated.

Sincerely,

Liz J.

Wonderful! Your are right, the tape recorder was a brilliant idea. Thanks!

Thanks Barbara and Dr. Pegram. Great questions from The Her2 gang. The answers give me hope. BB

Thank you so much for typing this up and sharing! It was so helpful. I, too, saw Dr. Peagram and he very kindly consulted with my oncologist about my treatment.
I'm NED two years from diagnosis of stage IIIc BC. My oncologist says my chances of long term survival go way up when I pass this anniversary. I have all my scans in May to make sure I'm still NED. I'm praying for good results.
Thank you all in this group. You have been so encouraging and knowledgable and helpful to me through this incredible journey.

Dear Barbara:
Thank you so much for taking the time to relate all this information to all of us. Your visit with Dr. Pegram was really informative and full of helpful (and reassuring) information for me, and I'm sure for lots of others.
THANK YOU
Linda

Barbara


What a wonderful thing you did for all of us. I know how much time this must have taken you. Thank you so much.

Barbara
 

Barbara,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your visit with us. It was very informative.

Lexi

Wow! Thanks for sharing this!

A true gift...
 

Dear Barbara,
You have given all on the site on a true gift...many heart felt thanks.
I am so glad that you followed your instincts and went for the second
opinion. I knew you would gain great information which would address
your concerns.

God Bless you for a job "Well Done"

Jean

Barbara,


This was such a wonderful start to my Sunday morning. So many questions I have wanted to ask were answered. I am going to copy this and keep it with me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the time and effort that you put into this.

Love, Kelly

Thank You
 

Hello Barbara,

Wow..........I can't thank you enough for sharing all this wonderful information with us all. I sat at the computer this morning, with my coffee, and read it all to my husband.

Hugs to you and once again, thank you.

Mary Jo

Thank you! That was a very kind thing of you to do. I'm sure that visit brought you tremendous peace of mind.

Jen

Barbara,

EXCELLENT! Great job putting this together..so easy to read and informative. Thanks for doing that!

JeanB

Thanks
 

I am recently diagnosed, in the middle of chemo and wondering if I can take much more. Your article is one of the nicest things that I have read recently. Thanks Nancy

Great job Barbara, thanks for doing this for all of us.

Thanks from me also, very interesting and VERY encouraging!

<3 Lolly

Hi Barbara,

Thank you for posting and doing such a great job in asking Dr P such relevant questions.
It's wonderful, to cut through all that speculation that out there and really hear some clear concise accurate info!
God Bless you.

Linda

Barbara,

Bravo! You and Dr. P sure make a great team. Thanks for thinking of all of us and posting his comments.

Wow, Barbara , amazing. thank you so much. Your (and our) questions helped reconfirm a lot of things for me.

Barbara,

Thank you very much. This information has been very helpful.

Karen

Barbara,

Thank you so very much for all of the time and effort you put into this, and for sharing it with all of us.

Hopeful

Barbara, thank you for taking the time to write up your consultation. I am sure the information you obtained will help many of us so I am very appreciative to you for sharing it with us. My consultation with Dr. Pegram was the last step in my final decision to do chemo and I don't think I could have found a better person to consult. I found him much more personable and easier to talk then what I had expected. Did he do the online recurrence score evaluation on you like he did on me?

Harrie (maryanne)

Barbara,

Thank you very much for a wonderful job you did. They are very helpful.

Julie

A big thank you!
 

It confirmed my suspicion that the HERA 1 and 2 year arms probably weren't statistically that different (and updated my knowledge: if anybody asks about the 2 year arm, I can tell them that the announcement date is pushed all the way back to 2009).

I am thrilled to bits that they are looking very prudently at shorter herceptin courses.

Thank you again,

Christine MH

Thanks a ton Barbara. It was great.

Barbara,

Thank you. I've been fixated on my tumor markers (which just make it into normal range) despite reassurances by my oncologist, so it was wonderful to hear the same things again, and also about scans. So, thank you many times over.

Thanks so much Barbara for doing this. You have provided many answers for me, and now I should stop being concerned about what the future holds for me.

Thank you again for all the work you put into this.

Linda
S. Mississippi

You're just wonderful to share this information.....
 

Thank you, great information. Hugs, Diane

Thanks Barbara for sharing this information. This really gives me much hope for remaining NED, as my own oncologist and I discussed many of these same issues with similiar responses from Dr. Pegram.

All the best
Caya

Many thanks from me as well,Barbara ! Thanks also for taking the time and energy to post the consult.
Marcia

Barbara, just got done reading your consultation. EXCELLENT job!!! Your questions were great and the information gathered so valuable. Thank you for taking the time to write it all up for us to benefit from.

Harrie

Barbara-

Thank you, thank you! How nice to get this updated info - oftentimes I read the summary of a topic, and wonder if the results hold up over time - you, and Dr. Pegram, answered some of those questions for me.

Regards,

Barbara...
 

Thank you SO much. This brought a smile to my face. BIG Huggs

Rhonda

Ditto to everything that everyone else has said!!! I feel like I was along with you for your visit and it has given me great Peace Of Mind!!! And peace of mind is what it is all about! Thank you so much!!!

Thank you Barbara
 

Barbara -

You don't know how optimistic you made me feel tonight! Thank you for taking care of all of us! Bless your for sharing this with us and speaking for all of us!

Wow! Outstanding information! Thank you so much!

Barbara,
Thank you so much for transcribing your consultation. You answered so many questions that I always obsess over. I think his last statement is the most important for you - try to breathe out, and just live your life as if you will live to be 100+. You deserve that!
Flori