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12-08-2006, 09:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: PA
Posts: 188
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Found a new lump
No, no, no, say it can't be true. I found a lump in my OTHER breast yesterday. It is very painful to touch, just under the areaola. I have a mamogram scheduled for Tuesday. Jeez, I just got done with chemo, had my first herceptin and haven't even gone to radiation yet.
I am scared, and I am unhappy
Love to All
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Susan V - Pittsburgh PA
DX Age 37 on August 3, 2006
Stage 1 Grade 3
ER/PR + (Highly Positive)
Her 2 +++
1.3 & 1.2 tumors right breast
node negative
lumpectomy 8-15-06
A/C Began 9-5-06 Finished A/C 11/6/06
Port Placement 9-15-06
Negative Test for BRAC1 & BRAC2 10-25-06
Began Tamoxofin November 21, 2006
First Herceptin November 27, 2006 Continues every 3 Weeks
First Radiation Treatment December 11, 2006
35 Rads Completed
Final Herceptin Treatment November 12, 2007
Port Removal November 19, 2007
Living Life to the Fullest !!
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12-08-2006, 09:18 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: northshore suburb of chicago
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Hang on there, perhaps it is just a cyst or fibrocystic tissue...I am hoping and praying for you that is what it is. Geezzz is right, this disease is scary and frightening and I don't know if that ever completely goes away. Good luck, will be praying for you. Please let it be good news and not bad. Let us know.
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~Rina~
Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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12-08-2006, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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Dear Susan,
I can sooooooooooooooo relate to your fears. The day before my radiation was to be finished I got a call from my surgeon saying that there was a questionable area of calcification in my other breast (found through a mamoo) and they wanted to do a stereotactic biopsy of it. Oh geez! I just cried and cried and couldn't believe it. I thought HOW COULD I HAVE CANCER AFTER JUST COMPLETING 8 CYCLES OF CHEMO. Well, thankfully, ALL CAME BACK BENIGN and I was the happiest girl in the world. HOWEVER, at that point I made the decision to have my other breast removed and my insurance approved it. My surgeon didn't fight me on it at all as she knew from the get go that having both breasts removed is really what I wanted. After this scare I think she really agreed with me.
So, I am now breastless and happy as can be.
God be with you and I'm sure it is nothing.
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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12-08-2006, 11:21 AM
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Location: Central Coast, CA
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I hope this turns out to be nothing. Try not to worry (ha ha I know that's easier said than done!) But you've been through plenty already and are due for a break and good news. Hoping it will be just that - good news.
Hang in there
Chris
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Chris in Scotts Valley
June 2002 extensive hi grade DCIS (pre-cancer-stage 0, clean sentinal node) Mastectomy/implant - no chemo, rads. "cured?"
9/2004 Diag: Stage IV extensive liver mets (!) ER/PR- Her2+++
10/04-3/05 Weekly Taxol/Carboplatin/Herceptin , complete response!
04/05 - 4/07 Herception every 3 wks, Continue NED
04/07 - recurrence to liver - 2 spots, starting tykerb/avastin trial
06/07 8/07 10/07 Scans show stable, continue on Tykerb/Avastin
01/08 Progression in liver
02/08 Begin (TDM1) trial
08/08 NED! It's Working! Continue on TDM1
02/09 Continue NED
02/10 Continue NED. 5/10 9/10 Scans NED 10/10 Scans NED
12/10 Scans not clear....4/11 Scans suggest progression 6/11 progression confirmed in liver
07/11 - 11/11 Herceptin/Xeloda -not working:(
12/11 Begin MM302 Phase I trial - bust:(
03/12 3rd times the charm? AKT trial
5/12 Scan shows reduction! 7/12 More reduction!!!!
8/12 Whoops...progression...trying for Perjeta/Herceptin (plus some more nasty chemo!)
9/12 Start Perjeta/Herceptin, chemo on hold due to infection/wound in leg, added on cycle 2 &3
11/12 Poops! progression in liver, Stop Perjeta/Taxo/Herc
11/12 Navelbine/Herce[ptin - try for a 3 cycles, no go.
2/13 Gemzar/Carbo/Herceptin - no go.
3/13 TACE procedure
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12-08-2006, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,380
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SusanV,
I have followed the story of your courageous fight since you started posting. For you to have to deal with this new scare is so unfair. I admire the way you have dealt with your illness and your spirit. You will be in my thoughts. Here's to good news come Wednesday!
Hopeful
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12-08-2006, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 823
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I so know what your going thru. 10 months after my DX, the other breast showed a questionable area. Not only no, but hell no I wasn't going thru this again. SO, I had a Simple Mastectony done on that side. I was already thru Chemo and Rad's and was into Herceptin when this happened.
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Vicki
Texas
Biopsy Dx'd 3-23-05 Age 48
MRM 4-5-05 w/ 2 tumor's 5cm, and 6 cm (right side)
IDC (poorly differentiated infiltrating ductual carcinoma)
5+/16 nodes
Stage III A
Grade 3
ER/PR-, Her2/neu ++
Ki67 78%
Begin Chemo 5-2-05 4XAC Dose Dense , 4X Abraxane Dose Dense (ended August 05)
28 Rad's ended October 13 2005
Started Herceptin Weekly August 2005 for one year
Had a Simple mastectomy left side after Mamo showed incresed micro-calcifications. Jan. 17 2006.
Brain MRI Feb.2006--All Clear
August 28, 2006 Last Weekly Herceptin.
October 2006--Colonoscopy, 6 Polyp's removed--all B9
PET Scan July 2007
Abdominal MRI Oct. 2007---2 Right Kidney Cysts
Core Biopsy-- Lump on Scar Line 1-10-08---B9
Brain MRI 6-2008--All Clear
PET/CT Scan 6-2008
Sept. 8 2008, 4CM area removed from mastectomy scar line. Proved to be B9.
PET/CT Scan-- July 2009 --All clear
August 17,2009 ---Had Port Removed
6 Years NED -- April 5,2011
DX'd with Melanoma left arm 10-10-2011
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12-08-2006, 12:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 2,104
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Susan V,
Sorry to hear that you have a lump in your other breast. As hard as it is please try and remain positive. Most breast cancers are not painful. It could any number of things. I'll keep you in my prayers. Please keep us posted.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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