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caya · 06-04-2007, 08:41 AM

Thank you Laurie, mke, Patb, and Caroline UK for your advice and support. Laurie, I like the idea of celebrating - my onc. had told me that Herceptin is a true wonder drug that is literally changing the prognosis for us HER2+ women from a "poorer" one (a few years ago) to a "much better one."
I have every hope of beating this and getting through my one year of Herceptin.

Caroline - I had a mammogram and breast ultrasound about 4 months before my reduction surgery - showing nothing - lol. It truly is a miracle I had the reduction at that time, the docs say because of my big, dense breasts the BC may not have been found for another year or two and it would not have been stage one with clear nodes at that point - yikes!!!

Thanks again,
Caya

06-04-2007, 08:41 AM	#6
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Thanks for the info Thank you Laurie, mke, Patb, and Caroline UK for your advice and support. Laurie, I like the idea of celebrating - my onc. had told me that Herceptin is a true wonder drug that is literally changing the prognosis for us HER2+ women from a "poorer" one (a few years ago) to a "much better one." I have every hope of beating this and getting through my one year of Herceptin. Caroline - I had a mammogram and breast ultrasound about 4 months before my reduction surgery - showing nothing - lol. It truly is a miracle I had the reduction at that time, the docs say because of my big, dense breasts the BC may not have been found for another year or two and it would not have been stage one with clear nodes at that point - yikes!!! Thanks again, Caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!