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I would expect insurance companies to get behind this, since it will save them money. I took the triple whammy treatment -- AC Taxol Herceptin. My ejection fraction rate went down and I had to stop Herceptin at 9 months. However the treatment was the best available at the time -- only one year ago!! Changes are coming so fast. A woman in my support group last night commented that in 10 years new cancer patients will look back on our treatment protocols and shudder.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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