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Old 04-28-2011, 04:26 PM   #36
Mary L
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Red face Re: Sisters with Mets...should I stop Herceptin?

So happy for both of you, I have done very well for 3 1/2 years and just had my scans run and everything was fine. I wish you both the best and hope you stay ned. Have a wonderful summer. Mary L
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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