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Re: Recommended: regular brain MRIs for all HER2+ patients
I had no symptoms of having brain mets before having a seizure, and had not had a MRI.
I don't know if finding it earlier would have made much difference, in treatment or outcome. It has to be a certain size before it will even show up on a scan, and a certain size before it can be treated.
Now, tho, I want to scan my brain every week 
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Dx 4-12-2012
R unilat Mx 5-25-2012 (no reconstruction)
Stage 2B, Grade 3, Her2+++, Er + (15%), Pr -
4.2 cm, 2/14 nodes +
3 AC, 4 T/H
Zoladex 4 months
Oophorectomy Feb 2013
AI daily
Herceptin every 3 wks until Sept 2013
Gamma Knife June 2014, 2 cm brain met
Liver mets Oct 2014
Taxotere/herceptin/perjeta-CLEOPATRA trial Nov 2014-Mar 2015
"RISK BEING SEEN, IN ALL OF YOUR GLORY!" Jim Carrey
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