[1rarebird]

JJ et.al., it seems to me the discussion in this thread is centered on how aggressive should one be who is diagnosed with a small stage 1 tumor that is Her2+ and high grade. I am not a woman, but I suspect that my doctors three years ago next month would have given me the same advice had I been female. They told me then to fight my early stage Her2+, ER+, zero nodes, clear margins breast cancer with every treatment available then. I clearly understood that they were telling me not miss the opportunity I only had then to succeed in defeating the cancer. I followed their advice and suffered a year of side effects from the regimen noted in my signature line below. But I am feeling much better now as I close in on my 3-year anniversary, even though the tamoxifen is particularly no fun for a man. I am grateful for the chance I had back then to do what I could, and if I am lucky I will never have to look back and second-guess myself for not trying to kill off the beast with every weapon I could find. I hope you will be as lucky too.--bird