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I just read your post. I was diagnosed with Stage 3C BC last July. I had a lumpectomy, my tumor was 2.9cm with 17 of 20 nodes positive. Estrogen +, Her2+++, grade 3. I took dose dense A/C followed by 12 weekly Taxols + Herceptin, then started Herceptin once every 3 weeks (which continues until Sept - 1 year of herceptin) and tamoxifin. I also completed 6 weeks of radiation Feb 28. I met with my onc on Friday and had a great review. I actually feel so much better than I did last year at this time. My onc always told me exercise is the best fatique fighter, just listen to your body and don't over do, so I continued to walk everyday, even if it was a little bit. I am planning to walk in the SBK 3 day walk in Arizona in November, I walk 5 miles in the am and 5 miles at night, and have worked up to 7.5 miles in a single walk.(I have a ways to go, though, the walk is 20 miles a day for 3 days in a row). I also always made sure I drank plenty of water with my chemos, once I didn't and I felt really bad. As far as the herceptin, I have not had any side effects with it.
My advice is to hang in there, take each day as it comes, there will be some days you don't feel like doing much of anything, then others you feel so much better. I feel like I have been given a second chance at life and plan to make the most of it.
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