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Re: crazy request for my oncologist?
Teach - I was supposed to get 6 TCH but due to complications (and hospitalizations after 3 of 4 tx), only finished 4. Then only got to do about 10 months of Herceptin instead of 12. I'm doing great, NED, but still have that lingering feeling "What if..." about not finishing all the scheduled treatments. My onc assures me that as a Stage 1, we did enough. Sometimes I think I'd feel the same feelings if I'd finished more tx's - it's just the standard fear of recurrence regardless of how much we do. But as each day goes by I get more content with what we did and less worried about the future. From other postings, that seems to be the usual feelings each of us goes through. Your decision has to be right only for you. Wishing you the best.
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Joni -64 yrs old -
3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast
3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated
3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear
3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side
4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides
5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo
07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side.
07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin
08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont.
12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks
4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc.
5/2011 - NED!!! port out.
8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED
7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed.
2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.
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