Good News Today
Well, today I finished my last round of neoadjunct chemotherapy!!! Never thought this day would come.
But the great news is that the results of he PET scan I had on Monday showed no mets and currently no active cancer. Seems the neoadjunct chemo did its trick.
I am now scheduled for surgery June 8th and I must admit I have a really positive feeling about it. My onc and surgeon both recommend a mastectomy which I agree with. In light of the size of my initial tumor and the invasivesness of it, my very dense breasts and how mammograms don't pick up things too easily with dense breasts, and the very strong history of breast cancer in my family, I have opted to have a bilatral mastectomy. For me it was a hard decision but I believe it's the best.
My oncologist will start me on hereptin immediately after surgery due to my strong HER2 satus. About 3-4 weeks after surgery I will have my 40 rounds of radition.
So far things have been working out for me and hopefully will continue to.
This board is an inspiration and contains a wealth of information for any woman with breast cancer. I thank the day I found this board.
S
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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