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Port to stay in
Hi everyone. I am new to this site and am amazed at how many of us with the HER2 gene are out there. I have found this site to be very helpful in my days of panic.
I just finished my yearly Herceptin and figured that is was time to have the port taken out. My onc wishes me to keep it in for a year or 2 longer; just get it flushed every 6 weeks. She tells me it is easier to keep it in than to have it taken out and then put back in.
Is she trying to tell me that there is a good chance the cancer will come back? My tumor markers were at 15 after chemo and now they have risen to 30. Does this mean that the cancer is starting to grow again?
God bless everyone. Thanks in advance for any opinions on this.
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Linda2
DX 6/2005
Stage IIA, Grade I
ER/PR +, HER2 +++
Lumpectomy on Left breast 7/2005
No lymph nodes involved
4 cycles of A/C
12 weekly doses Taxol and Herceptin
33 Rads
Herceptin for one year ended 12/2006
Femara for 5 years
NED as of now
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