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I don't know about anyone else but being that HER2 can be so agressive, I think I would want chemo done even if I was an early stage, and do Herceptin with it or after. I just don't think I would want to give it the chance of creeping back and metasticizing, it has been shown that mets can be carried through the bloodstream not just lymph nodes. If you look at the facts, many of the ladies who have mets were once Stage I or Stage II. Not trying to scare you but I would hit it hard before it hit me. Being that you are also ER/PR+ that will give you more options. Chemo can be done and life goes on, I would just ere on the safe side and do everything possible to make sure you don't have to deal with it later on..sherryg683
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Sherry
Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44
13+ positive lymph nodes
Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006
4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin
NED since April 2006!!
36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately
8 years NED now
Scans every year
Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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