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Re: Question on brain mets
Hi ladies,
I finally had my brain MRI last night that my Stanford doctor ordered to check that single episode of vertigo, and they found no cancer, woohoo! They did find a tortuous blood vessel that is most likely nothing but they want me to get a MRI:angiogram to make sure it's not a sub-cm aneurysm. I joked with the doctor that after having cancer, hearing aneurysm sounds like a walk in the park. I'm sure it's nothing and it's just a sign of getting older.
Btw, I was impressed that I had my MRI at 9:30 pm and got a voice mail today at 2:30 pm. They had told me it would take 2 days but it took only a few hours for the results to come out!
Thanks for all your support!
Bejuce
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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