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Graduation Day!
I am celebrating my last (hopefully) Herceptin infusion this morning. Port will be removed soon!!
Now it is time to venture into that realm of life without my "H" insurance policy. I have read others' feelings and am surprised that I am feeling so shaky. I know I have done all that I can do up to this point, but I just can't seem to shake that feeling that I will fall into the category of those who have a distant recurrence. I am not scard by this thought (too much), but am still trying to sort out exactly how I feel going forward from this point. Life will be interesting as it unfolds. I just hope I don't spend too much time looking around the corner . . . if you know what I mean, and I KNOW you do!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you wonderful women and me out there that have gotten me this far.
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9/15/08 (age 52) - Mammo: calcifications
9/22/08 - Biopsy: DCIS, grade 3. ER,PR status: Pos. in 75-90% of tumor cells.
10/01/08 - Ob/Gyn appt.: found complex, mostly cystic mass on right ovary - 11cmx12cmx 8cm
10/15/08 - Hysterectomy & Oophorectomy, Lumpectomy: Cyst on uterus, not ovary - all was benign. Breast - 5 of 6 bad margins. 2 Sentinel Lymph nodes removed, both negative. Stage 0, Tis, N0
12/11/08 - Mastectomy & DIEP reconstruction: Surprise! 2 cm Invasive DC, grade 2 found. One benign internal mammary lymph node. Stage 1, T1c, N0, all clean margins. ER+ (Proportion Score = 2/5, Intensity Score = 2/3) and PR+(Proportion Score = 3/5, Intensity Score = 2/3)
HER2 score = 3+
1/09/09 - Oncotype DX: Recurrence S/core of 60 !?!?! ER status is NEG!! PR staus is NEG! HER2 score = 12.2 (still positive, greater than 11.5 is positive).
1/20/09 - Started chemo: TCH
5/26/09 - FINISHED CHEMO!
1/05/10 - FINISHED HERCEPTIN!
1/22/10 - Port-a-catheter removed!
3/07/18 - Still NED
9/10/23 - Still NED
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