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Old 09-03-2008, 05:54 AM   #8
flynny
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Thanks Melissa for the info. I am aware of the CYP2D6 test and have brought this to my oncs attention. She said (just like you) it is very controversal and people who haven't even gone through chemo etc can have high liver function. I would like to get the test anyway, just to see, but I'm not sure what my onc will say. I go to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute which is one of the best around, so I feel comfortable on what (if anything) she will come back to say. Sometimes I think you just have to roll the dice and see what happens. I really appreciate your response. 2 year Survivor... you go girl!!
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Jan '07 felt lump (PCP "thought" it was a cyst)
Nov '07 "bloody nipple discharge" (OB-GYN "thought" I had fibrocystic breasts and told me to take 400 IU's of Vitamin E)
Note: Mother was dx w/BC in 2004 (ER/PR+ & HER2+) & mets to brain April 2007 (she passed away June 17, 2008)
2/1/08: Biopsy Dx: DCIS (age 34)
2/22/08: Surgery R-side Mast
2/28/08: 1st Path Rpt Dx: IDC 1.8cm tumor & DCIS 2.1cm
2nd Path Rep DFCI - IDC (0.9cm) & DCIS (2.1cm)
Stage 1b/Gr 3; ER+(5%), PR+(2%), HER-2+++
5/5 nodes NEG; Clear Margins
Chemo: AC 4 rnds (1st one 3/31/08) finished 6/2/08
TH (Taxol/Hercepin) 12 weeks (1st one 6/25/08) finished 9/8/08
Herceptin 9 mos (every 3 weeks) finished 6/8/09
BRCA 1/2 NEG
Bio: Age 39, married to James 1999, 2 boys 12 & 10 yo
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