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Maria,
Actually I'm Stage III. I have my appointment this Thursday for my Herceptin and am going to speak to the oncologist about taking some time off. I will have had 11 weeks of Herceptin and I know that there are studies now evaluating 9 weeks of Herceptin vs 1 year. I don't think anyone knows yet how much or how long we should be on Herceptin. I finish radiation next Friday.
Since my diagnosis it seems like I've been a hamster on a wheel. Time for me to get off the wheel and stop and smell the roses, so to speak.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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