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		|  08-05-2015, 07:07 AM | #1 |  
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				10 years today!!!
			 
 August 5, 2005 was the big day.  Hard to believe.  Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way and thank you Herceptin   
				__________________PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR- Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
 Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam."  -  Popeye
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		|  08-05-2015, 08:31 AM | #2 |  
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				 Re: 10 years today!!! 
 Hey PinkGirl, let me be the first to say YAHOO!! This is a major milestone and I couldn't be happier for you. Wishing you many, many more years of NED. I wish you the best of health! 
				__________________Gerri
Dx: 11/23/05, Lumpectomy 12/12/05 Tumor 2.2 cm, Stage II, Grade 3, Sentinel Node biopsy negative
 ER+ (30%) /PR+ (50%), HER2+++
 AC X 4 dose dense, Taxol X 4 dose dense
 Herceptin started with 2nd Taxol, given weekly until chemo done
 then given every 3 weeks for one year ending on March 16, 2007
 Radiation 30 treatments
 Tamoxifen - 2 yrs (pre-menopausal)
 May 2008 - Feb 2012 Femara
 Aug 2008 - Feb 2012 Zometa every 6 months
 March 2012 - Stop Femara, now Evista for bone strengthening
 
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 YAY! Wonderful news, I love posts like yours!
 Happy happy!! Time for wine and chocolate!
 
 Carol Ann
 
				__________________July 24, 2013: "Infected" Right Nipple and benign cyst removed, pathology report revealed Paget's, DCIS, and ILC 1.25 cm, ER+/Pro+/HER2 equivocal, Grade 2 under benign cyst, previous diagnostic mammo/ultrasound said I was perfectly healthy in both breasts.
 
 Aug 18, 2013: MRI report says Left breast is perfectly healthy "consistent with previous studies".
 
 Sept 2013: I insist on a bilateral mastectomy anyway. Too nervewracking to let left breast remain with higher risk after 3 cancers in right, nipple in right is already gone anyhow.
 
 Sept 18, 2013: Bilateral mastectomy, 11 right nodes removed, ALL negative BUT -- ER+/PRO+/HER2+ tumor, 1.0 cm, Grade 2 found in a piece of "grossly unremarkable" breast tissue from prophylactic mastectomy of left breast, no nodes removed.
 
 Oct 25, 2013: 13 left side nodes removed, ALL negative, Stage 1 across the board, NO RADS needed, YAAAAY! Port also installed.
 
 Nov 25, 2013 Begin 6 rounds TCH.
 
 March 10, 2014 Just finished 6th and LAST Chemo today, YAAAAAY!
 
 March 24, 2014 Echocardiogram to make sure I'm still good for Herceptin every 3 weeks.
 
 March 31, 2014 Echo results NORMAL, first Herceptin all by itself. Now if only my eyes would stop streaming from the Taxotere ... :)
 
 April 21, 2014 Started Arimidex and therapy for "mild" lymphedema in left hand and arm
 
 May 2014 Therapy completed, I have sleeves and gloves for both arms, a Flexi touch lymph pump to hook up to for an hour every day, and I've become an arm bandaging expert. :)
 
 June 2014 Begin Fosamax to prevent osteoporosis; bone scan revealed osteopenia
 
 Nov 17, 2014 FINAL Herceptin!
 
 Dec 4, 2014 My right thigh muscle has been extra achy for days ... I discover a blister rash cluster on the side of my right thigh while taking a shower. Port appointment cancelled until Dec 17, my doc is working me in tomorrow afternoon to see me and the rash. My muscle at least feels less achy.
 
 Dec 5, 2014 Yep, I have shingles. Boo! I start acyclovir and also have a prescription for a painkiller just in case for over the weekend.
 
 Dec 17, 2014 Port is OUT!
 
 January 2016 Shingles again and this time it started where my left breast (where the hidden HER2+++ tumor was!) used to be. My onc nurse got me a same day appointment to see my doc when I called and told her I had a rash on the site. The antiviral meds are working once again, though, so that is good news. :)
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		|  08-05-2015, 09:56 AM | #4 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 congratulations on the big 10. Here's to many many more 
				__________________  dx: DCIS 6/8/10, HER 2+ 7/26/10; Stage I Age 41 
Double mast w reconstruction 
6 TCH w 1yr herceptin 
Tamox. 
25 radiation tx 
Removal of expander on L due to infection. Tried to save it had 3 bouts of antibiotics and went to see plastic surgeon 2-3x wk to get drained. Saving it was my idea not his. But lost it anyway. 
Reconstruction set for December 21st,2011 
Finished chemo 12/2010 
Finished Herceptin 8/26/11 
Reconstruction 12/21/11 
Expanders exchanged for silicon 3/19/12 
Nipple reconstruction 5/18/12 
Nipple tatooing- 7/9/12- All done yay! 
11/22/12-Went back to get scar tissue stretched to even the outside of breast, didn't work due to it being radiated skin.
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		|  08-05-2015, 10:07 AM | #5 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 You rock! Enjoy your day. So very, very pleased for you. 
				__________________ Dx 2/14 3b HER2+/HR- left breast, left axilla, internal mammary node (behind breast bone). Neoadjuvant TCHP 3/14-7/2. PCR 8/14 LX and SND. 10/21-12/9 Proton therapy to chest wall.Dx 7/20/15 cerebellar met 3.5x5cm HER2+/HR-/GATA3+ 7/23/15 Craniotomy.7/29/15 bone scan clear. 8/3/15 PET clean scan. LINAC SRS (5 fractions) Sept 2015. 9/17/15 CSF NED, 9/24/15 CSF NED, 11/2/15 CSF NED.10/27/15 atypical uptake in right cerebellum - inflammation?12/1/15 Leptomeningeal dx. Starting IT Herceptin.1/16 - 16 fractions of tomotherapy to cerebellum, break of IT Herceptin during rads, resume at 100 mg weekly3/2016 - stable scan5/2016 stable scan7/2016 pseudoprogression?9/2016 more LM, start new chemo protocol and IV therapy treatment with HBOT11/2016 Cyberknife to temporal lobe, HBOT just prior12/2016 - lesions starting to show shrinkage8/2017 - Stable since Dec 2016. Temporal lobe lesion gone.Using TCM, naturopathic oncology, physical therapy, chiro, massage, medical qigong, and energetic healing modalities in tandem. Stops at nothing.Mother of 2 boys - ages 7 and 10 (8/2017) and a lovely partner with lots to live for.
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		|  08-05-2015, 12:48 PM | #6 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 10 years is a huge milestone.  Time to celebrate!!! wishing you many more years of health and happiness. 
				__________________8/2013 Diagnosed IDC Left Breast ER-/PR-/HER2+ Stage 3C, DCIS ER+/PR+/HER2- Right Breast (54 yr)
 8/2013 PET/CT scan shows mass in uterues and suprclavicular nodes
 8/20/13 Begin 6 rounds TCH chemo, Perjeta added for rounds 4-6
 9/2013  After 1st round of chemo, mass in neck and breast no longer able to feel
 11/2013 Hysterectomy, mass from PET/CT scan not cancer (adenomylosis)
 12/2013 Finished chemo
 1/2014 Double mastectomy with chest expanders
 1/2014 Pathology report from surgery and SNB show complete pathological response!
 3/2014 Finish IMRT radiation
 8/2014 Fat transfer to radiated breast
 8/2014 Completed 1 yr of Herceptin
 10/2014 exchange surgery expanders removed implants placed
 6/2015 3D nipple and areola tattoos
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		|  08-05-2015, 03:05 PM | #7 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Awesome news I hope to walk the same path! 
				__________________Laurie in Idaho
 IDC, Her2+++, PR- ER- diagnosed Feb 2014 1 month  before 53rd bday
 2.6 cm mass right breast with lymph node involvement
 THP-FEC  neoadjuvant chemo regimen
 THP (taxotere, Herceptin, perjcta) every 3 weeks for 4 doses started 3/27/14
 BRCA negative
 bilateral mastectomy with lymph node dissection done June 2014 15 lymph nodes removed all negative for cancer, breast tumor gone
 FEC (5-FU, epriubicin, Cytoxan) every 3 weeks for 4 doses, Herceptin every 3 weeks for a year, then
 radiation for 6 weeks
 New Years Eve 2014 completed radiation
 September 2015 Latissimus Dorsi Flap reconstruction
 March 2016 rib fractures under implant
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		|  08-05-2015, 04:01 PM | #8 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Hey Pink!  Awesome!  Another member of the Decade-Club!!!!  Grinning from ear to ear! 
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 Smile On!
 Laurel
 
 Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08
 7mm invasive component
 Partial mast. 5/08
 Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH
 0/5 nodes
 4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08
 Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09
 Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09
 Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08
 Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08
 Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard!
 Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara
 
 15 Years NED
 I think I just might hang around awhile....
 
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		|  08-05-2015, 04:23 PM | #9 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Pinkgirl,Yes, yes, yes - always so happy to see these anniversaries!!!  They are my nuggets of hope.
 
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				[FONT=Tahoma]Dx 12/14/2012, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 4/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+ [SIZE=2][COLOR=Blue] Surgery 12/28/2012 Lumpectomy (Right); Lymph Node Removal: Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (Right)
 Chemotherapy 02/06/2013
 Herceptin, Carboplatin, Taxotere Started 6 rounds on 02/06/2013 Herceptin
 Finished chemo - May 22, 2013
 Radiation Therapy 06/12/2013 - 36X External
 TM Marker - 13 October, 2013
 TM Marker - 15 November, 2013
 Annual Mammagram - 3D - Both Breast - CLEAR!!!
 Colonscopy - 1st-Clear - November 18, 2013
 CT Scan-Results-Clear - November 27, 2013
 BC Diagnosis-1 Year - December 14, 2013
 TM - holding steady at 15 - December 24, 2014
 TM - 24.2 - January 12
 Herceptin Treatment - Last One-February 4, 2014!!!
 TM - 3.7 - February 4, 2014
 MRI & CT - February 21, 2014 - All Clear
 NED - and my doctor said - "well, it looks like you are NED - your MRI and CT are clear - Febuary 25, 2014
 TM - 18.2 - February 21, 2014
 Port Removed - Scheduled for Wed, March 19, 2014
 Port Removed - Yeah!!! I feel lighter already!!!
 TM - 15.3 - March 25, 2014
 Diagnostic 3D Mammogram - Rt Breast - All Clear!!! - Tuesday, May 13, 2014
 TM-15.5 - June 25, 2014
 Diagnostic 3D Mammogram - Nov. 2014   All Clear!!!
 Diagnostic 3D Mammogram-Rt Only-May,2015-All Clear!!!
 Diagnostic 3D Mammo-Annual-Nov 2015-Right Clear!!! - Left Breast-found 5 mm CYST.  Aspirated - all clear!!
 TM - Nov 2015 - 18.2
 NED-December, 2015 - 3 Years NED!!!
 TM-Feb 2016 - 13.7
 TM-June 2016 - 13.3
 TM-Oct 2016-10.0
 Annual 3D Mammo-Nov, 2016-All Clear!!!
Annual Mammogram - November 2017 - ALL CLEAR. i AM 5 (YES) YEARS OUT!!!
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		|  08-05-2015, 08:46 PM | #10 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Congrats!!  So happy for you  )
				__________________Kathy
 38 years old!
 
 January 17th 2014-mammo, ultrasound, biopsy
 January 20th 2014- diagnosed, ER/PR+, Her2+++, Stage 2A
 January 21st 2014-MRI, right breast only plus lymph nodes
 January 23rd 2014- Pet scan-2 cm tumor, 3 lymph nodes
 February 4th 2014-port insertion
 February 12th 2014-first chemo treatment(TCHP x6 cycles)
 May 28th 2014-LAST chemo treatment!!
 July 10th 2014-double mastectomy
 July 29th 2014-start radiation(30)
 Sept. 11th 2014last radiation treatment!!!
 November 12 2014-started Tamoxifen
 January 20 2015-reconstruction begins, lat flap
 February 4 2015-last Herceptin treatment!!
 April 24, 2015- pet scan-NED!!
 June 3 2015- exchange surgery, port removed!!
 September 8 2015-hysterectomy/oophorectomy
 September 15 2015-Revision of lat flap reconstruction
 December 23 2015-nipple reconstruction
 May 9th 2016-Mets to pituitary gland, liver and C7 vertebrae
 May 10th-port put back in:(
 May 17th- biopsy of mass on back
 May 19th-started Herceptin/Perjeta
 May 20th-5 treatments Cyberknife to pituitary gland tumor
 June 9th-Started THP (will have 6 cycles)
 August 17th-MRI of brain, significant reduction in tumor
 😃, repeat MRI in 3 months.  Received first Zometa
 infusion.
 June 24th 2019- Thoracic spine Mets, leptomeningeal Mets , 10 radiation treatments
 Aug 1st- Ommaya Reservoir implanted
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		|  08-06-2015, 04:55 AM | #11 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Congratulations Pink. So thrilled for you. 
				__________________Kind regards
 
 Becky
 
 Found lump via BSE
 Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
 2 micromets to sentinel node
 Stage 2A
 left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
 lumpectomies 9/7/04
 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
 Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
 35 rads on right side only
 4/05 started Tamoxifen
 Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
 trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
 Oophorectomy 8/05
 Started Arimidex 9/05
 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
 Arimidex Only
 Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
 
 NED 18 years!
 
 Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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		|  08-06-2015, 09:10 AM | #12 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 What a milestone! Congrats and continue the good work! 
				__________________DX November 2010
 Brain MRI, CT of lung, liver, bone, all clear
 Double Mastectomy w/expanders December 1, 2010
 ER- PR- Her2+++, grade 3, 12 positive nodes out of 15
 Stage IIIc
 Started TCH/Chemo December 31, 2010
 6 rounds TCH
 Herceptin every 3 weeks for a year
 33 rounds of TomoTube radiation, to chest wall, neck, skin and lymph area
 September, 2011, MRI to lower spine, hips, DX bulging disk, L4 & L5, pain not from cancer
 Expanders removed, implants in Dec 1, 2011
 Finished Herceptin, December 21, 2011
 August 2012, CT of chest and abdomen, all ok
 Enrolled in MC1136 Phase I Peptide Vaccine Trial at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
 March 2013, First Vaccine
 April 2013, 2nd Vaccine
 May 2013, 3rd Vaccine
 June 2013, 4th Vaccine
 July 2013, 5th Vaccine
 August 2013, 6th Vaccine Done!
 September 2013, Mayo visit, Echo results 68, vaccine did not effect my heart! Blood work normal.
 January 31, 2013, Mayo visit, Echo normal
 February 23, 2014, Numb lips on right side, Brain MRI, normal!
 June, 2015, Finished the trial at Mayo Clinic. Feels good!
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		|  08-06-2015, 09:34 AM | #13 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Wonderful news!!  It is so uplifting to hear about these huge milestones.  Keeps my hope alive!  Thank you for sharing. |  
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		|  08-06-2015, 11:35 AM | #14 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Hi Pink, sorry I'm a day late but sending huge congratulations to you from one ten year survivor to another! 
				__________________Tricia
 Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
 A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
 Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
 Currently taking Arimidex..
 June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa  2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
 Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015  for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
 2014 Normal Dexa scan
 2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Love you! Thanks for leading the way for me and so many others. Keep the faith 
				__________________Bonnie
 
 Post menopause
 May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
 ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
 Ki-67: 90%
 "suspicious area" left breast
 Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
 Sentinel Node Neg
 Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
 Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
 OncoType score 36 (July 07)
 Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
 Began Herceptin alone 10/07
 Finished Herceptin July /08
 D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
 5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
 Aromasin started 5/10
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		|  08-09-2015, 04:13 AM | #16 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Wonderful news, Pink!! 
				__________________  Suzan W. 
age 54 at diagnosis 
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast 
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++ 
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg. 
Oncotype DX-high risk  
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C 
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin  
arimidex-5 years 
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis 
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE 
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy 
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection 
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)  
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary! 
8/2010-18%increase in bone density! 
no further treatments 
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"  
I say,"What a long strange trip its been" 
'One day at a time' 
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY! 
 7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use 
 6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! 
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis 
    2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.  
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! 
     still suffering from CIU.  4 hospitilizations in the past year
 
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!! 
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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		|  08-09-2015, 06:14 PM | #17 |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Hey Pink Girl - Big congrats!! A Decade is a big deal!!
 all the best
 caya
 
				__________________ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+
 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm.
 Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested)
 MRM Dec.18/06
 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere
 Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08
 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years
 Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012
 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative
 Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal
 Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so.
 Reclast infusion January 2012
 Oopherectomy October 2013
 15 Years NED!!
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 wishing you many more "big days"! cheers, pinkgirl! (another awesome thread that belongs  as a sticky!) |  
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Hey Pink!
 Sorry I missed your day, but congrats on joining the Big Ten Club!
 
 Ain't it grand?!
 
				__________________Rhonda (Sassy)
dx age 45
DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa
Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes
Triple Positive 
4 DD A/C
12 Taxol/Herceptin
33Rads
Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk
Herceptin for total of 18 months
Lupron Monthly 4 yrs
Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!)
Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin
Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement)
Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk
Back to Arimidex for year seven
Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix
Stop Arimidex 5/13
Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 
5/14 Start Tamoxifen
3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing
5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs
9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen
 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects!
 NED and no meds.......
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				Re: 10 years today!!!
			 
 Welcome t the 10 years club. It's great isn't it?Doing the happy dance for you!
 
				__________________Linda
 
 Dxed Stage IIIC May 05, 12 pos nodes
 er/pr -neg,Her -pos
 LVI
 Right partial mast & partial axillary dissection-June14,2005
 Right modified mast-no clear margins- June 30, 2005
 DD AC x4
 Taxotere X4 with Herceptin
 Rads x 35( 5 fields )
 Left prophylactive mast( atypia & hyperplasia found ),
 put on Tamoxifen x 1 yr; D/ced due to endometrial thickening
 bilateral recon (saline implants)May 06
 Nipple recon July 06
 metformin 2010
 removal of implants due to severe encapsulation, insertion of gummies 2013
 Reclast Q yr
 NED!!!
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