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me2her2 · 02-07-2007, 11:32 PM

Hello ladies,

Hi - I am 35; I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma when my baby was just 8 months old. The tumor was 2.4 cms, the cancer is at stage 2B, grade 3, 2/16 lymph nodes+, her2+, ER/PR+, extensive angio-lymphatic invasion (not sure what that means). I've had a lumpectomy done and am currently undergoing dose-dense chemo (4 A/C and 4Taxol and Herceptin for a year).

I started my chemo in late November. I am a little worried because I had expected chemo to stop my periods but it hasn't. I have had 2 periods so far; the second one is on-going and doesn't seem to stop. It's already been over ten days and it was quite heavy. It looked like it was going to stop today but then I had another round of Taxol/Herceptin and I see that it's coming back. I told my oncologist about this and she said it just meant that my ovaries were fighting the chemo. My platelets seem to be normal. I'm afraid that since my cancer was ER+, it might inflame my cancer again. I don't know what to do? do you have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Misha

02-07-2007, 11:32 PM	#1
me2her2 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4	New here Hello ladies, Hi - I am 35; I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma when my baby was just 8 months old. The tumor was 2.4 cms, the cancer is at stage 2B, grade 3, 2/16 lymph nodes+, her2+, ER/PR+, extensive angio-lymphatic invasion (not sure what that means). I've had a lumpectomy done and am currently undergoing dose-dense chemo (4 A/C and 4Taxol and Herceptin for a year). I started my chemo in late November. I am a little worried because I had expected chemo to stop my periods but it hasn't. I have had 2 periods so far; the second one is on-going and doesn't seem to stop. It's already been over ten days and it was quite heavy. It looked like it was going to stop today but then I had another round of Taxol/Herceptin and I see that it's coming back. I told my oncologist about this and she said it just meant that my ovaries were fighting the chemo. My platelets seem to be normal. I'm afraid that since my cancer was ER+, it might inflame my cancer again. I don't know what to do? do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Misha