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This is truly strange, especially to me, given a long-ago part of my health history which I've never shared here as it didn't seem pertinent, but now it does!
I was diagnosed with Bubonic Plague in 1972, the cause of which was traced back to a MOUSE BITE I received earlier that year (I was working in a restaurant and saw a mouse under a chair and stupidly picked it up; it bit my finger, I dropped it and it ran off never to be seen again). I am really wondering now, since I'm the first and fortunately only person in my family so far to have ever been diagnosed with BC, and with 2 sisters and numerous female cousins, aunts, etc. that's unusual I think....
Will definitely be tracking this new research.
THANKS for posting this, Nicola.
<3 Lolly
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Sept.'99 - Dx.Stage IIIB, IDC ER/PR-, HER2+++ by IHC, confirmed '04 by FISH. Left MRM, AC x's 4, Taxol x's 4, 33 Rads, finishing Tx May 2000. Jan.'01 - local/regional recurrence, Stage IV. Herceptin/Navelbine weekly till NED August 2001, then maintenance Herceptin. Right Mast. April 2002. Local/Regional recurrence April '04, Herceptin plus/minus chemo until May '07. Gemzar added from Feb.'07-April '07; Tykerb/Abraxane until August '07, back on Herceptin plus Taxotere and Xeloda Sept. '07. Stopped T/X Nov. '07, stopped Herceptin Dec. '07, started Avastin/Taxol/Carboplatin Dec. '07. Progression in chest skin, stopped TAC March '03, started radiation.
Herceptin has served as the "Backbone" of my treatment strategy for over 6 years, giving me great quality of life. In 2005, I was privileged to participate in the University of Washington/Seattle HER2 Vaccine Trial.
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