HER2 Positive and ER Positive

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Hi ladies,

I'm so happy to find this board, I really need some help!

I have a friend that was diagnosed with breast cancer at the end of August 2005. This is what I do know about her:

Her OB/GYN found the cancer on a mammogram..............Thank God!
She had/has DCIS in her left breast and my friend chose to have a total masectomy of the breast. At the time of surgery they removed one lymph node and it had a 0.4 size tumor on the node that was cancerous. So, they scheduled another surgery about 6 weeks later to take out more lymph nodes under the left arm. All nodes came back normal, no cancer. It's such a LONG story and I may not have all the details correct but her Oncologist told her after the masectomy that she was cancer free but then her Oncologist wanted a second opinion on the one node they first removed and it came back that it was cancerous with a tumor so then my friend was told she had Invasive Cancer Stage I Breast Cancer, that's when she went in to remove the other 20 or so lymph nodes which came back not cancerous. In the meantime she was also been told she is HER2 Positive and Estrogen Receptor Positive. It's now January 2006 and she still hasn't had any treatment. Her Oncologist wants her to see a Surgeon at a University because she doesn't know how to treat her because she is HER2 positive and ER positive which she was told is rare and hard to determine what treatment is best for her. Her appt with the Specialist is next week so we are all hoping for some direction and good news.

I'm writing this post for her because she has 5 kids and it totally stressed out so I thought I would try to get some thoughts and ideas from you ladies.

Any help would be so appreciated!!!!

Thanks,
Toni