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Echocardiogram question
Hi ladies,
Ok...I did the Herceptin until Sept. '09. My echocardiograms have been staying at 71 since I began having them done last year. I had one in July that read 71 and then one done last week. It was 65.
I am wondering if echo changes are normal and why mine would drop 6 points. The doc said this is in the normal range and not to worry but of course I wonder why it would go down since I'm not on Herceptin and have not been since Sept. The only thing I did was begin on Tamoxifen Nov. 6, and I wonder if it could have affected the echo since I didn't feel great while taking it. I have since quit.
Any opinions? Thanks,
Dianne
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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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