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I'm Healthy
Happy to report that CAT scan of head shows I have a brain -- a healthy one -- and my echocardiogram shows a good ejection fraction and a healthy heart in general. I am one of the people who had to stop Herceptin early due to drop in MUGA score. For you A/C girls, the cardiologist told me that, in his experience, heart damage from A/C shows up soon after treatment. I asked him about reports that damage can show up years later. He believes that, in those cases, damage was already there and the person wasn't well monitored. I am glad that the trend is away from A/C for breast cancer treatment.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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