Thread: Port or not??
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Old 02-06-2014, 11:29 PM   #14
Catherine
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Re: Port or not??

Get the port. My onc said that I could get a port after first chemo 8 yrs ago. Then there was a cancellation and they squezzed me in. I was happy to have port thru all chemo and then the year of herceptin. All the best!
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Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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