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Old 09-17-2011, 07:54 PM   #20
Elizabethtx
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Re: How was your HER2 BC first found?

I too had a mammo a year and a half earlier, which they did a biopsy and found "calcifications". Not to worry, that has nothing to do with cancer. Then I had pain and a sore area. Was told no way it could be cancer then, because C doesn't cause pain. They were dead wrong! Same area as the previous biopsy and in two months of waiting the tumor grew to over 3 cm. I tell everyone now, don't believe it....go get it checked ASAP!
Interesting poll as it confirms what we survivors all know!
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Diagnosed: Feb 2010 @ 46 yrs old
Invasive Ductual Carcinoma, left
2/28/10 Bilateral Mastectomy (tissue saving for future reconstruction)
3.2 cm 2/18 +lymph nodes
Stage 2b; E+/P+/Her2 +++
Nottingham score grade 2
Ki67 30%
3/2010 A/C 4 DD/2wks
5/2010 Herceptin/Taxotere 4D/3wks
8/2010 Herceptin until May 2011
Tamoxifin 20mg
9/2010 RAD 34 treatments
Pet scan Aug 2010 clear
Port removed July 2011
Bone scan, chest MRI 12/11 clear
Vaccine trial began Oct 2011








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