Something went wrong there. I typed out a whole post and only the Hugs showed up! Now ofcourse, that's the most important part, but still... ;-))
I didn't get Herceptin or chemo. I'm on Zoladex, to put my ovaries to sleep, and Arimidex.
Like I said, people on this forum are the ones who don't do well, mostly. They post here because they continue to fight cancer. It's part of their lives. If you go to the BreastCancer Discussion List
http://bclist.petebevin.com/ and look at the archives, you will see that many, many there do well. They have become friends over time and stay on, even though they haven't recurred for years and years.
The Dutch statistics include Her2 positive BC.
Perhaps you are seeing things less positively because you have been through so many scares recently. Would you consider counselling to help you get through this? I know it helped me a lot. It made me see things in a different, more positive light. Which made it easier to deal with things. For me the hardest part was after I finished radiation tx. I felt like I wasn't doing anything to keep the cancer at bay. So I went back to my doc. and asked about hormonal therapy. They said I probably wouldn't need it, but that I could have it if I wanted to. So I decided to do it and feel much better about my future. Just being able to take action made me feel like I was more in control of what was happening to me.
You beat all the previous health issues; you can beat this one too!
Hugs
Jacqueline