percentage of those who respond to Herceptin

[Roselle]

I happen to like statistics and wanted that information given to me when I had the chance. I also kept it from my friends and family. People react differently to the same statitics. I actually was more afraid that a negative reaction of a loved one would make the information I received seem like bad news and I didn't think it was so bad. I just know that the therapies that I chose to take gave me the best odds for not recurring within 10 years. I try not to focus on the percentage of recurrance but rather on the odds of my survival. Odds are in my favor. We have to remember that being given better odds of no recurrance in 10 years versus the odds of having a recurrance is a good thing. Do we wish those odds were improved? Of course! But lets hold on to the positive side of the statistics. It isn't about living or dying, its about living until I die.