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chicagoetc · 01-26-2008, 06:30 PM

Thanks Joan...I think he is. I don't know why he isn't suggesting Taxotere now...unless maybe I'm so close to the end (four weeks more and I'm done with the twelve weeks of Taxol plus Herceptin). My next steps in treatment will probably take me through the next three months. I suspect a lot depends on how this all turns out. Melanie

01-26-2008, 06:30 PM	#13
chicagoetc Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Chicago Posts: 196	Thanks Joan...I think he is. I don't know why he isn't suggesting Taxotere now...unless maybe I'm so close to the end (four weeks more and I'm done with the twelve weeks of Taxol plus Herceptin). My next steps in treatment will probably take me through the next three months. I suspect a lot depends on how this all turns out. Melanie __________________ Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07) Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes Portacath: 9/7/07 Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema) Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol) Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07) Reconstruction (silicone implant) Herceptin done (10/08) Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08) Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis) Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10 Six years NED...7/7/2013!