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Follow Up Chemo
Ok folks, I need some words of encouragement and know this is just the place to get them.
Got the results back from my remaining diseased breast tissue and am scheduled for 4 treatments of Adriamycin every 2 weeks and Xeloda, 7 days on/7 days off along with my remaining 10 Herceptin treatments.
I have heard HORRIBLE things about Adriamycin and am completely freaked out about starting the protocol - primarily because of the permanent heart damage it can cause.
For those of you who have or are currently on this protocol, can you give me an idea of what to expect? I have already completed 6 rounds of TCH and managed those side affects.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander
PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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