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Moral Support Needed
I am scheduled for a bilateral mastectomy this Thursday. I am Stage III, ER/PR-, HER+++, node positive. Did neoadjunct chemo (4 A/C followed by 4 Taxatore). PET scan showed no mets. After surgery will lhave radiation and 1 year herceptin. I know I made the right decision regarding the bilateral, at least for myself. My concern is that my daughter who I now live with just will not talk about the breast cancer or the surgery. I'm assuming that she is in denial. Her husband on the other hand has been great. I talk to him and about my feelings, etc and I'm hoping that he is then relaying that info to my daughter. Guess I just need a little moral support from someone who has been through this. No one seems to understand unless they have had breast cancer.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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