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Re: HER2 positive and 10 years out?
Lien - (Jackie)
Thanks for posting again. You can see I'm sitting on the computer today, eh? I do exercise daily. Some walks are only 20 minutes. But we try to go on the many hiking trails around here at least 3 x a week. A 'hike' can last an hour or so. I have been doing this to try & keep my sanity all along, even during chemo. Last night was about 2 hours - a day after herceptin, which is my max! I agree that exercise is important to staying healthy. So I hope you are off biking, Jackie. I love the outdoors and try to be outside every day when it's not raining, or even if it is. It does lift the mood and my dogs insist on going daily even when I don't want to, thank goodness for them! I have a sea kayak, and the sea is in my backyard so when the tide is up I have no excuse not to paddle. So far so good without any lymphadema.
Dianne
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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