Andi
I try to be very positive and hope that my cancer doesn't recur, but I am also a "realist" and know that there is a good chance that it will. From all my reading, I am starting to think of breast cancer as a chronic cancer. That's why I've been thinking about the herceptin. You have been on it, and doing very well, for a long time. I am going to try and corner my onc. sometime and ask him. Herceptin is always described as a therapy for advanced or metastatic BC. Maybe the question should be why do we get it for early stage.
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PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR-
Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam." - Popeye
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