[flynny]

Becky,

I haven't posted much on this website (as you can see), but your response to jentx intrigued me!! I was unaware that more Her+ individuals are low ER/PR+ or neg. I was ER(5%)+ and PR(2%)+ which really makes me wonder about tamoxifen. I will be finished with my taxol/herceptin on 9/8. Then on 9/29 I will my 3rd MUGA scan, meet with my onc. and then get herceptin. During this appt, we will also be discussing tamoxifen and I will most likely start immediately. I am 35 y.o. and have 2 young children, but obviously do not plan on having anymore, so I'm very much on the fence about having an ooph. There is so much to think about, but I am really blown away with what you said. As a side note, my mother just passed away of metatstatic BC to the brain (leptomeningeal to be exact). This type is very rare and typically people only live 4-6 mos my mother was 10. She fought a good fight, but in the end cancer got her. It was really crazy when I was dx in February, just before we were bringing her back up to NH (she had been in the Boston area for almost 4 mos). I really wish I found this website during the time my mother was dx, it would have given me so many other avenues to look at. Her cancer was ER/PR+, but I'm not sure what %age and of course HER2+ also. I recently told another onc at the Dana-Farber about my mother being Her2+ as well as myself and he was very taken back. First of all, the likelyhood of mother/daughter being dx is a low %age, but to be Her2+ is very low. My mother was dx at 54 and I was 34. Life sure is crazy, but you just have to keep your chin up and smile even when it's hard to.