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sonyamagee · 09-29-2005, 10:07 PM

hi everyone! i am so happy i found this group. i have found other bc support groups but none specifically for my type of cancer. here's a little about me. i am a married 30 y/o woman with 2 young children (ages 2 -almost 3- and 12 months) and was dx aug. 3 with a noninvasive dcis. however, my surgeon was suspicious so she immediately sheduled me for a mastectomy (very large tumor) on aug.5. the results of the tumor biopsy showed that i indeed had 6 invasive tumors (largest 2.7 cm) within the main dcis tumor which was 11cm. my tests showed er/pr- and her2/neu+. i had 2 positive lymph nodes. so, my onc tells me that i am stage III grade III. i started chemo on sept 14 and my regimen will be 4 rounds of ac followed by 4 rounds of taxol combined with herceptin 1/week for 12 months.
i have managed to stay in pretty good spirits mainly b/c i have to lil ones to live for and i refuse to let this get the best of me.
thanks for letting me ramble on. i feel much better when i am talking about this.

oh yeah...i don't like feeling like i am doing nothing to battle this. so, PLEASE if any of you have any advice on additional things i can do to help myself besides following my treatment regimen please share.

09-29-2005, 10:07 PM	#1
sonyamagee Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: tracy, ca Posts: 10	New here hi everyone! i am so happy i found this group. i have found other bc support groups but none specifically for my type of cancer. here's a little about me. i am a married 30 y/o woman with 2 young children (ages 2 -almost 3- and 12 months) and was dx aug. 3 with a noninvasive dcis. however, my surgeon was suspicious so she immediately sheduled me for a mastectomy (very large tumor) on aug.5. the results of the tumor biopsy showed that i indeed had 6 invasive tumors (largest 2.7 cm) within the main dcis tumor which was 11cm. my tests showed er/pr- and her2/neu+. i had 2 positive lymph nodes. so, my onc tells me that i am stage III grade III. i started chemo on sept 14 and my regimen will be 4 rounds of ac followed by 4 rounds of taxol combined with herceptin 1/week for 12 months. i have managed to stay in pretty good spirits mainly b/c i have to lil ones to live for and i refuse to let this get the best of me. thanks for letting me ramble on. i feel much better when i am talking about this. oh yeah...i don't like feeling like i am doing nothing to battle this. so, PLEASE if any of you have any advice on additional things i can do to help myself besides following my treatment regimen please share. Last edited by sonyamagee; 09-29-2005 at 10:25 PM..