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Re: It's back...
Hi Chelee,
I'm sorry to hear about your recurrence, but glad you'll be seeing Dr. Hurvitz. I met her last month at a DoD peer review panel in DC and I was very impressed with her. I talked to her at length at dinner one night and she was very upbeat and positive about all the trials they have going on at UCLA. She told me that the cure rate for stage IV patients keeps going up and up. And she offered to put me on Dr. Slamon's schedule to see him this month or the next and discuss with him my future treatment plan. I loved her!
So, yes, Chelee, as the others above have said, keep the faith! We're all here cheering and praying for you.
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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