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Congrats Ann! When I was first diagnosed, and even after my mastectomies, it was thought for awhile that I needed no further treatment. (one of my second opinions believed that I did not require anything else). Then doubt began to creep in and I entered a gray area because the test results, including Oncotype, were showing that although my cancer was Stage 1b, it was highly aggressive with a strong chance for recurrance elsewhere. And then the pathologist discovered more cancer than previously thought. I figured these were all "signs" I could not ignore so I now find myself receiving chemo prophylacticly. I guess I will always wonder if I made the right decision. And the story is still unfolding.......
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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