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Sherryg683 · 07-08-2008, 08:21 PM

I was diagnosed stage IV 2-1/2 years ago and after 4 months, I was NED and have been ever since. I continue to do Herceptin though. I am completely aware that I am just "one scan" away from my dance ending. Not trying to be pessimistic, it's just the facts. It does me good to read that even though my "dance" may eventually end my "fight" won't. It is reassuring to know that you can survive and co-exist with cancer. It is not what I would have wanted for myself or anyone, I sometimes feel I am doing my "pennace" here on earth. Keep fighting sisters, we have no other choice..sherryg683

07-08-2008, 08:21 PM	#15
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	I was diagnosed stage IV 2-1/2 years ago and after 4 months, I was NED and have been ever since. I continue to do Herceptin though. I am completely aware that I am just "one scan" away from my dance ending. Not trying to be pessimistic, it's just the facts. It does me good to read that even though my "dance" may eventually end my "fight" won't. It is reassuring to know that you can survive and co-exist with cancer. It is not what I would have wanted for myself or anyone, I sometimes feel I am doing my "pennace" here on earth. Keep fighting sisters, we have no other choice..sherryg683 __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!