[juanita]

I have posted on the profiles in courage and hadn't really read through this section till today. I am 42 & I was diagnosed Sept of 04, with lumpectomy on the 7th. I had sentinel node biopsy as well. I am grade 3, er & pr -, stage 1, and her2 +. I went through 2 rounds of tac and was very violently ill with my first onc. I decided enough was enough and quit him and the chemo. (He had a God complex.) I then did 6 weeks of rads and when I went back for a checkup with my surgeon he recommended a different onc (my family doc had sent me to the first cuz he was in the same network). I went to see this new onc in Feb of 05, and he convinced me I really needed to do some sort of chemo and started cmf that day. I did 6 rounds of that. I started the herceptin in June. My muga scans and echo have been really good, which is a relief because of the history of heart disease that runs in my family. I actually had four questions, but one was answered while I was reading through the postings. That was about pain at the lumpectomy site. Mine was on the side where a bra wire runs. So I experience quite a bit of pain on and off. First question: does the exhaustion ever go away? I worked through rads and the second chemo and didn't rest like my doctors were telling me to because I didn't want to be "sick". Second question: how long does the blue dye from the sentinel node last? It's been over a year and I am still light blue. And last: has anybody else had any bladder control problems after any of these treatments? Hope someone out there can be of some assistance.