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Re: Gallstones
Hi everyone,
Thank you for your concern over my driving to Disneyland. I made it just fine on Wednesday and had a great time at the park with the kids. We're going back home today and my husband was able to join us yesterday so he'll be doing the driving this time.
I'm scheduled to have my surgery next Thursday and hopefully all will go well. My surgeon left me a voice mail yesterday saying that he had discussed my case with my oncologist and they think it may be a good idea to do an oophrectomy at the same time.
I'm not sure about the ooph given that I'm only 39 and afraid of becoming menopausal so early. I'm also not sure if the data out there strongly supports one for premenopausal women. I'm doing just fine on Tamoxifen (I'm 30% ER+ and an intermediate metabolizer per the CYP2D6 test). Any ideas?
Thanks!!!
Marcia
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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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