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Cathy,
I would be interested in the results of your HER2 serum test. I asked my onc about it last week and she said she didn't know how to go about getting it done. My last tumor marker was at 15 which is considered normal. Interestingly, since my diagnosis and all through my treatments my nails have been growing and are stronger than they ever have been. I used to have very soft brittle nails and now they are strong -- get manicures which I never could do before. Go figure! I guess these drugs affect each and every one of us differently.
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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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