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I have NO history of any bc in family on Mothers or Fathers side. (I thought my cancer was from excessive exposure to x-rays from childhood to about age 18) But who really knows?
My Mother had three sisters and one died around 55 yrs old due to complications to other health issues...none related to cancer. But her other two sisters and still alive & doing well. Both sisters are in their 80's & living full lives doing well. My Mother WAS just DX with stage IV lung cancer at age 76...but a heavy smoker for 40 + years. She had two brothers which both have passed but not related to cancer.
So I am the first one DX with cancer, let alone her2. I have cousins my age and older and not a one of them have had cancer of any type. So when I was DX...it blew me out of the water.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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