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Re: Sisters with Mets...should I stop Herceptin?
Warm Greetings to Kim and Steph and Sarah and All,
I am so glad to hear you are doing well and I apologize for my tardiness in responding. For some reason, my computer did not alert me to your posts....could be a lack of cookies as I have recently switched from a Dell to a MacBook Air.
Steph - traveling around France?! How wonderful! Next time make room in your suitcase for me !! And the icing on the cake..you got to visit Sarah! I am pea green with envy!
A quick update....I have been off Herceptin since June 2011. I have had 2 blood tests since (Veridex - circulating tumor cell - cell search); in both cases; my test result was ZERO...ie, ZERO circulating tumor cells detected!). I will keep you posted as we proceed...hope always springs eternal. Hang in there Stage 4 sisters....hope springs eternal for all of us....
Love and hugs and warm thoughts for a cure,
Kim (from CT)
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2001 - Stage 0, lumpectomy, radiation, tamoxifen
2004 - Stage 4, mets to 4 lobes of lungs and liver, lumpectomy, er/pr -, her2 neu+++, Herceptin and Navelbine then Herceptin only.
2005 - Breast Ca vaccinations with the Tumor Vaccine Group in Seattle
2011 - Still Herceptin only and NED
2011, June - STOPPED Herceptin and kicked up my heels!
2012, February - 1 small tumor came back to haunt me in my lungs - back on Herceptin only, tumor stable.
2015, November - tumor on lungs removed (Segmentectomy), back on Herceptin only
Received U of W vaccine clinical "booster" Vaccine
2022 On Herceptin and NED continues - WOOT WOOT!
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