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Old 10-18-2007, 03:15 AM   #1
KellyA
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So, The sentinel nodes are or are not included in the # of nodes positive. ( I am guessing that when my results came back 3/5 +, that it did not include the sentinel nodes.

That s for the explanation, I have always been curious about that.

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06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
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Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
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Old 10-18-2007, 03:41 AM   #2
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The sentinel node is included as far as how many nodes are positive.
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Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
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Old 10-18-2007, 09:45 AM   #3
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Thanks guys,
I have always wondered about that and it was one of the questions I missed with all of the original dx stuff. One of those things I wanted to know, but not enough to schedule to see my surgeon again- hee hee- He's wonderful and all, but I hope I never need to see him again. :-)

Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED

"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."

-Eleanor Roosevelt

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