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				Re: Calling all stage iv sisters
			 
 2.5 years and counting!  Some 'inconvenient' moments along the journey for sure but still going strong~
 Never, never, never give up!
 
				__________________6/09 - self exam - lump!
 8/09 –Dx - IDC, left breast. Suspicious mass,right breast (more testing required).
 9/09 - Double mast/cholecystectomy /nodes removed. IDC confirmed, right breast. liver/bone mets. ER-/PR -/Her2 +. BRCA 1/2 -.
 10/09 - Started Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin, Zometa. Hospitalized with Tetany.
 1/10 - Finished Taxotere, Carbo, continued Herceptin, Zometa. PET/CT - improvement.
 2-3/10 - Rads (25 rounds).
 8/10 – inflammation vs. malignancy?
 1/11 – progression. started Xeloda.
 9/11 – progression. pancreatitis or tumor? Chest ‘rash’ appeared.
 10/11 – confirmed pancreatitis. Halted Xeloda.
 11/11 – skin mets confirmed.
 12/11 - started Tykerb, back on Xeloda.
 1/12 – cut Xeloda dose in ½. skin mets fading!
 4/12 - no more Xeloda. skin mets resolved.
 8/12 - brain mets found.
 9/12 - gamma knife and fractionated brain radiation.
 1/13 - progression throughout body. brain mets shrunk/resolved. no more Tykerb.
 2/13 - starting T-DM1 trial.
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