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Hi, I just wanted to share something too. Remember, though, that we can only speak from our own experience. I was diagnosed as a stage 1 in 2000. 2.4cms, no nodes, clean margins (her2 dx was missed and if it had been detected at that time I wouldn't have been able to do anything about it) and er/pr+. I did lumpectomey, A/C and rads followed by tamoxifen. By 2002 I was diagnosed as stage IV with extensive liver invovlvement and a little lung involvement. If I were standing in your shoes, having had MY experience I would do taxol and herceptin. I ended up doing a year of xeloda, taxotere and added herceptin after we retested the tissue. I still do the herceptin (easy breezy) and am lucky enough to be able to manipulate the hormones. I also share this as someone who was quite an "earth-mama" prior to cancer. I had said if I ever got cancer I'd never do chemo. Well, after you have a couple of children and then get cancer, a lot of my old ideas flew out the window. I still do all of my complementary care, but I have been humbled by the medical community and I know I am here because of it.
But you do have to make the decisions that fit for YOU. And it is still a great thing that you have clean margins and no nodes and that we can now treat the her2 situation. Best of luck, keep us posted and know that this group of people is amazing at sharing fabulous information.
Love, Joy
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