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Re: Calling all stage iv sisters
It was very hard for me when my onc said he was taking me off Herceptin as he and Dr. Slamon felt I was cancer free and my heart needed a rest. When I read about the liver and brain mets that alot of our sisters are experiencing, I feel like calling my onc and asking if I can resume Herceptin. I wonder what the answer would be. For sure Herceptin saved my life. Mary L
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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