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Old 05-30-2008, 03:19 PM   #8
harrie
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I know exactly what you are saying. That use to drive me NUTS! There were a fair number of people that would immediately tell me of someone they knew that died of cancer. I would get SO irritated, but I suppose it was just their way of relating. They did not have a clue.
How much nicer it would be to hear of someone they knew that survived...and for a really long time!! But I guess they don't make as much of an impact on people as the ones that died. Who the h- knows...
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1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen

2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy

2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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