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left-handedness seems to be associated with the risk of breast cancer

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09-02-2007, 03:04 PM	#1
ExpectAMiracle Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SW Virginia Posts: 50	Left handed, ER/PR-, Her2 +++ Looks like quite a few lefties here! __________________ Susan in VA Determined to be a VICTOR not VICTIM - by the grace of God! DX 2/8/07 at 48 1.75 cm IDC in left breast, Stage 1 Grade 3, ER-/PR-/HER 3+ Lumpectomy 3/7/07, 5/5 nodes clear, clear margins Starting TCH on 4/9/07, every 3 weeks X 4 treatments - Completed on 6/12/2007 33 rads to began 7/2/07 and completed on 8/22/07 Herceptin every 3 weeks until April '08

09-02-2007, 03:47 PM	#2
KellyA Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 301	Lefty here! ER/PR-, Her2 +++ Love, Kelly __________________ 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

09-03-2007, 07:02 PM	#3
Bev Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 1,055	Very right handed. Triple pos. Just don't know. BB

09-03-2007, 07:19 PM	#4
weezie1053 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bedford, Virginia Posts: 134	Just curious as to what the tally is so far, i.e., lefties vs. righties? __________________ Diagnosis 06/06 - Stage II-A BC; BC was 2.5 cm, grade 2; ER/PR negative & HER-2/neu positive; Mastectomy w/ reconstruction (implant) in 09/06;lymph nodes - negative; AC/Cytoxin combo - 4 treatments (dose dense); Taxol/Herceptin combo- 12 weekly treatments; Completed chemo - 2/07; completed restruction 02/07; reduction of left breast. BRCA 1 and 2 negative - 6/15/07;DX high risk for distant recurrence MRI, 08/02/07 - NED 1 year Anniversary - 09/07; completed Herceptin 11/07. Mammo 02/14/08 - NED; MRI - 08/2008 - NED 2 year Anniversary - 09/08 Mammo 02/09 - NED; MRI - 08/09 - NED 3rd year Anniversary - 09/09 5th Annivery - 09/2011 - NED

01-12-2008, 07:05 AM	#5
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267 Images: 4	Right handed, triple positive. __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!

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