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10-16-2012, 11:17 AM	#1
jra40 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, PA. Posts: 260	Re: 6 year survivor today! Congratulations - such wonderful news! You deserve that chocolate indulgence today __________________ 11/17/10 - Diagnosed with 4.5cm tumor in right breast, IDC, Stage 2, Nuclear grade 2, ER+ PR+ HER2+ 12/13/10 - Lymph node biopsy - negative 12/28/10 - Started neo-adjuvant treatment along with clinical trial with 4 rounds of AC chemo every 3 weeks 3/15/11 - Began weekly Taxol/Herceptin infusions along with 750mg of Tykerb taken by mouth daily 6/28/11 - Finished last cycle of Taxol 7/27/11 - Breast MRI shows tumor has dissolved, remarkable reaction to chemo 8/31/11 - Lumpectomy, Sentinel Node biopsy. Node negative, clear margins, 7mm of cancer left over from chemo. 10/05/11 - Started radiation, 5 days a week for 7 weeks. 11/8/11 - Finished radiation 3/21/12 - Last Herceptin! 3/26/12 - Port removed! Tamoxifen for 5 years 8/4/15 - Hysterectomy & bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Due to large fibroids. No cancer! 8/8/15 - Started Arimidex

10-16-2012, 11:31 AM	#2
Patb Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Louisville KY Naples FL Posts: 665 Images: 2	Re: 6 year survivor today! Congratulations I am right ahead of you but still taking Femara and seeing the Dr. Have more chocolate, wine, whatever your choice as I will when I get the nerve to cut the cord. patb __________________ patb Diagnosed June, 06, Stage I, Grade3, ER+PR- Her2positive, No Nodes. A/C X 4. Radiation 33 with boost, Herceptin every two weeks until Nov. 07, Arimedex for 5 years. Mugas and Echo and chest xRay. Bone scan of whole Body, and Back of Brain and spine MRI. CT scan of Lungs every six months due to two small places. December 2009, bone scan due to bone pain. Follow up test in 2010.

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