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I am deeply sorry for the loss of your mother. Please do not beat yourself up regarding your mother's treatment plan, I agree with Bill, that was up to her onc to deal with. It doesn't matter that you are a physician. I am a nurse and felt like you when my mother died after an eight year battle. I did every thing I knew to get her the help she needed and she still lost the battle. It is this awful disease, knows no boundaries and has no rhyme or reason to it. I hope in the coming weeks you will remember the joy you and her shared over the years and don't dwell on her illness. May you find some peace in the coming months and know that your mother is smiling down at you.
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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