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hi Flori--
You have gotten some great advice so far--there are many smart women on this board! I have not been stage 4, so I cannot say that I understand how you feel, so all I can offer you is this: from the moment I was diagnosed, I truly felt that there was always going to be someone out there worse off than I. I always felt grateful; yes, I was living with some crazy side effects from chemo and radiation, but I was still living and doing everything possible to survive.
Hang in there--we are here for you!!
Val
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Dx 11/04, Age 42, ER-/PR-, HER2+++
3 months weekly Herceptin, Taxol. Carboplatin
Significant tumor shrinkage
Mastectomy 3/05; Stage 3b, 9 cm tumor, 5/8+ nodes
3 more months weekly Herceptin, Taxol. Carboplatin
7/05 30 radiation treatments, IMRT planning approach
Started 1 year of Herceptin 9/05
9/06 Began quarterly triple doses Herceptin. Brain & breast MRIs semi annually.
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6/08 Right breast, intraductal carcinoma, high nuclear grade associated with comedo necrosis; extensive diffusely involved the entire biopy specimen. ER+, PR-, Her2 unknown at this point, 07/08 mastectomy.
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