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mcgle · 11-10-2007, 07:19 AM

Some of you may remember me posting about my rather anomalous HER2+ diagnosis (weakly FISH positive), strongly ER+/PR+ and with good prognostic indicators.

So I had surgery, rads and tamoxifen. For a long while I wondered whether I should have had chemo and herceptin.

Yesterday, I had my two-year post-op mammogram and ultrasound and heard those wonderful words, NO SIGN OF CANCER! I think I now have to start believing that receiving neither chemo nor herceptin was probably the right decision.

At last, I feel the cloud lifting ...

Mcgle (UK)

11-10-2007, 07:19 AM	#1
mcgle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 148	No chemo, no herceptin and NO SIGN OF CANCER two years on! Some of you may remember me posting about my rather anomalous HER2+ diagnosis (weakly FISH positive), strongly ER+/PR+ and with good prognostic indicators. So I had surgery, rads and tamoxifen. For a long while I wondered whether I should have had chemo and herceptin. Yesterday, I had my two-year post-op mammogram and ultrasound and heard those wonderful words, NO SIGN OF CANCER! I think I now have to start believing that receiving neither chemo nor herceptin was probably the right decision. At last, I feel the cloud lifting ... Mcgle (UK)