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Re: Gallstones
Thank you everyone for your support. I'm meeting with the surgeon this afternoon for a consultation and will probably have surgery next week. I had planned a quick trip to Disneyland tomorrow with the kids (driving from the Bay Area) and my parents and brother think I'm insane to do it. They're all for the surgery to be done immediately so I don't have another attack but I'm pain free and believe I can wait until next week (or even longer) by controlling my diet.
Not sure whether my gallstones are a result of chemo or not, but I doubt it. In any case, when I did my abdominal CT scans after being diagnosed (almost a year ago) there was no evidence of gallstones, so looks like they developed this year. Maybe my diet? Genetics (runs in my family)? What I really need is for this not to be an impediment to my treatment and ultimate cure of this cancer...
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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