[Jean]

Melinda,
There are quite a few of the ladies who are Stage 1 and having treatment.
Do remember that there are many also who like me were dx. and herceptin
or chemo was not considered the protocol or standard of treatment. It was
only just recently that herceptin is now standard treatment for early stagers.
(I believe it was August of 06)....There are also many who had chemo
and did not have hercetpin (due to staging) and wanted to have herceptin
but once again were told it was to far out from chemo (a year or more)
and they were told to not have herceptin that far out from chemo treatment.

So much has changed just in the short time since I was dx. But from the
beginning of my cancer journey it never made sense to me to make treatment choices based on tumor size. For me after reading and research on Her2
that was enough for me to consider treatment.

Please update and let us know how you are doing....sending you all good wishes...

Jean