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I feel very strongly to give you my advice.
I was almost EXACTLY like her. I was practically Stage 1.
28 years old, 0 lymph nodes, 2 cm, IDC, ER/PR-, HER2+++ they gave me AC+T dose dense 2 weeks apart. Bilateral mastectomy. Found ER+ DCIS in other breast after mastectomy. Had removal of ovaries, because of the ER+ DCIS and to try to miminalize chances of ovarian cancer.
2 years later, nausea and backpain. Scans reveal liver and bone mets.
I don't know if Herceptin would have prevented this, but at least you know it will be directly targeted toward her disease.
If I had the chance to do it again, I would have taken the Herceptin as a preventative. Though the Paraplatin/Taxol/Herceptin therapy seems to be working, I would have much rather had it stay away longer.
You might be in a good situation here too because you can get the Herceptin Chemo Combo and hopefully get rid of any remaining cells in advance.
Expect the Worst, Hope for the Best.
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