Re: medscape article
I spoke to my oncologist about possibly participating in a vaccine trial at Johns Hopkins (Trastuzumab, Cyclophosphamide, and Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patient With High-Risk or Metastatic Breast Cancer NCT00847171), but he seems to think I am not a candidate because I do not have metastasis-----yet. Since I am HER2+ and I had micrometastasis in 2/10 nodes (one of which escaped the membrane), I know that I am at high risk for mets. I would like to do all I can to avoid going from stage IIB to stage IV. I finished 6 ycles of TCH, and I am on Herceptin for a full year (last treatment 12/28/12) and will be starting radiation soon. Does anyone know of any studies for those of us who don't yet have "advanced" cancer. I live in Virginia Beach, so Johns Hopkins would not be out of the question, nor would Washington, D.C. I feel like I am just sitting around waiting for the cells to metastasize to my brain or spine! Thanks.
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 Found lump by self-exam 10/14/11
HER2neu +/Estrogen +/progesterone -
Grade III poorly differentiated
R side modified radical mastectomy on 12/09/11 with immediate reconstruction (expander)
Stage IIB 2 nodes + out of 10 removed
Double power port inserted 1/11/12
Chemo therapy (TCH) - every 21 days for 6 cycles beginning 1/25/12
Finished chemo on 5/21/12
Continue Herceptin only every 3 weeks until 12/28/12 Radiation (28 rads) began 6/26/2012.
Will start Femara after radiation ends (8/03/12)
From: It's Not About the Hair:
"The hope for healing is not born out of a fear of death, but a love of life.This is a very good thing. When people love life more than they fear death, they come to treatment with open hands, open hearts, open eyes.When people fear death more than they love life, they are clinging and clutching and grasping."
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