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How much chemo is enough?
I had 5.5 taxotere and carboplatin treatments. Along with herceptin, which I'm still doing until Oct. 8. I could only do 5.5 of the TC because I reacted each time to the taxotere even with premeds, so they didn't want to give me anymore.
I didn't do any of the AC regimen. I waited to do chemo until Nov. 08 after my dx August 2008 because I was healing from dbl mastectomies. Was that too long to wait?
Did anyone do less than 6 taxotere (doxetaxel) and carboplatin? I worry that I didn't hit it hard enough.
Diannes
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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