[sarah]

becky's right. I was early and had a recurrence but I was diagnosed in 1999 and Herceptin was only given to a few metatastic women back then. I also had no chemo or radiation.
Herceptin changed everything. people with bc are now better off if they are HER2+!!!! amazing, isn't it,
If I'd been given Herceptin, I would not have had a recurrence,
You're very new and young to this disease, that makes it very scary, Talk to your onc and nurses, I;m sure they will tell you that you're going to live a normal life and die of something completely different, I hope you can believe this soon so you can free yourself from the anxiety.
it's too bad they don't make the stats from a certain date on and also as Becky said, give the full picture, it's very misleading and upsets patients needlessly,
Enjoy you boys, enjoy life,
hugs sarah