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Re: 3rd TCH treatment...delayed reaction...UGHH!!
Susan, I felt exactly as you do when I received TCH. It was horrible! But I did make it through the 6 cycles and you will too. It was the first time in my life (and probably the last time) that I had a doctor tell me I had to eat.  It's awful what we have to go through but if the treatment works then it is well worth it. I just had my 4th PET scan in not quite 2 years and it was once again okay. That makes it worth it. You hang in there. You can do this! Cathy
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Cathy
Routine mammogram 6-29-11
Ultrasound 7-5-11
Biopsy 7-11-11
Right modified radical mastectomy 7-18-11 with 7 out of 24 lymph nodes positive
Stage IIIC, Grade 3, Estrogen + 100%, HER2 +
Had 5 tumors in right breast, none of which showed up on the mammogram (What showed up on mamm was a lymph node)
Lymphatic vascular invasion
Lymphedema right arm (started shortly after surgery)
TCH started August 15, 2011
Finished Taxotore and Carboplatin 11-28-11
Radiation x 36 - finished Feb. 3, 2012
Herceptin weekly for 1 year - finished 8-13-12
Arimidex started Feb. 2012 for 5 years
Left prophylactic total mastectomy March of 2012
Arimidex stopped August 2014 due to side effects
Aromasin started Sept. 2014
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