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				Re: Positive stories, please come out of the woods
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
		I know the feeling.  It is important to hear all these wonderful stories, as there are many, many women (and men) out there that don't have a reoccurrences and who live long full lives.  I plan on being one of them.  I will be 2 years out on February 22nd and I pray that I continue to do well!  I got a clean bill of health in the middle of January (mammo, breast MRI and onc appt). 
  
Continue to stay positive and keeping smiling! 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				-Sarah- 
  
Jan '07 felt lump (PCP "thought" it was a cyst) 
Nov '07 "bloody nipple discharge" (OB-GYN "thought" I had fibrocystic breasts and told me to take 400 IU's of Vitamin E) 
Note: Mother was dx w/BC in 2004 (ER/PR+ & HER2+) & mets to brain April 2007 (she passed away June 17, 2008) 
2/1/08: Biopsy Dx: DCIS (age 34) 
2/22/08: Surgery R-side Mast 
2/28/08: 1st Path Rpt Dx: IDC 1.8cm tumor & DCIS 2.1cm 
2nd Path Rep DFCI - IDC (0.9cm) & DCIS (2.1cm) 
Stage 1b/Gr 3; ER+(5%), PR+(2%), HER-2+++ 
5/5 nodes NEG; Clear Margins 
Chemo: AC 4 rnds (1st one 3/31/08) finished 6/2/08 
TH (Taxol/Hercepin) 12 weeks (1st one 6/25/08) finished 9/8/08 
Herceptin 9 mos (every 3 weeks) finished 6/8/09 
BRCA 1/2 NEG 
Bio: Age 39, married to James 1999, 2 boys 12 & 10 yo
			 
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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