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Hi there Julie and Steph. I am in Southern California, Ventura County. I had asked my doc last week when I saw him officially for the 1st time (my original onc had a "falling out" with him and left the practice to set up on her own; I was so attached to the oncology nurses I decided to stay at the same office and switch Drs - glad I did!) about a 2nd year of Herceptin. He said he'd do some research and let me know. Today he said after looking at my file, and because of the HERA trial that is ongoing, he didn't see any reason to stop the Herceptin now (he also told me last week he has another patient who has been on it for 6 YEARS!). He said I tolerate it well, so why not? He said the decision is up to me, but he thinks I should do it. I, of course, jumped at the chance and said sign me up! My old oncologist used to tell me my risk of recurrence was "HUGE" - my lymph nodes were much bigger than my tumor (4cm versus 1 cm) so this was an extremely aggressive tumor that really wanted to spread. But it hasn't so far!! I hope any of you out there that want it get your second year too.
Jen
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