Dear Annie,
I heard or read this joke the other day. It went like this............. A woman went to her doctor to hear the pathology report about her breast tumor. The doctor said I have bad news and good news. The bad news is your tumor is her2 positive AND the good news is your tumor is her2 positive. LOL LOL LOL!
Living in the day and age we are living in as far as her2 positive breast cancer goes, we are a bunch of fortunate women! Well, I don't know if fortunate is the right choice of words.  But hey, with herceptin and tykerb things are looking WAYYYYYY better than they were. Your prognosis is really good Annie. Really good.
Your feelings of fear are normal. Most definitely. Especially just finishing up with treatment. It's scary when we let go of that "security blanket" and move into the "let's wait and see world." But once again I say............your prognosis is really good. Try to hang onto that and then go out and live your life and grab a hold of each moment because in reality NONE of us know what's around the bend. Wether you have had cancer or not.
You know, I came to this post to try to encourage someone else and after reading the posts by the others I WAS ENCOURAGED as well. I guess the fears are never far from any of us on any given day.
Sending love and hugs your way,
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
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