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		|  02-24-2013, 05:15 PM | #1 |  
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				 It has been a LONG time... 
 but I just wanted to let you know that I still think of you all (and read from time to time), and pray for you regularly. For those of you just starting out, please know that this is by FAR the best Breast Cancer Support Group there is (knowledgeable and caring, whereas some can be downright mean). Take care everyone and know that I am praying for you all (whether I know you or not). 
				__________________Rhonda
 
 Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
 2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
 5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
 8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
 8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
 
 2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
 
 
 " And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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		|  02-24-2013, 10:39 PM | #2 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Thank you, Rhonda.  Good to hear from you.  I bet Tony is almost a young man by now!
 Remain well.
 
				__________________"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau
 Live in the moment.
 
 MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~
 Found suspicious lump 9/2000
 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
 Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
 Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
 36 rads - very little burning
 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
 Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
 Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
 Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
 Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
 Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
 Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
 Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
 Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
 Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.
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		|  02-25-2013, 09:36 AM | #3 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Ronda, What a beautiful post!Stay healthy and happy
 health and happiness
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Rhonda - thank you so much for posting.  It's folks like you and your willingness to share with us that make this group such a blessing.  Congrats on passing your eight yr mark. 
				__________________Joni -64 yrs old -
 3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast
 3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated
 3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear
 3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side
 4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides
 5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo
 07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side.
 07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin
 08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont.
 12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks
 4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc.
 5/2011 - NED!!! port out.
 8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED
 7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed.
 2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.
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		|  02-25-2013, 10:59 AM | #5 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hey RhondaH!  Good to hear from you!  Thank you for checking in.  And we pray for you - all these prayers- I imagine them floating like a huge bunch of balloons and by FAR the Her2 group of prayers is not only the biggest; but it is the most colorful...in more ways than one!  Love and smiles,
 Kim(from CT)
 
				__________________2001 - Stage 0, lumpectomy, radiation, tamoxifen
 
 2004 - Stage 4, mets to 4 lobes of lungs and liver,  lumpectomy, er/pr -, her2 neu+++, Herceptin and Navelbine then Herceptin only.
 
 2005 - Breast Ca vaccinations with the Tumor Vaccine Group in Seattle
 
 2011 - Still Herceptin only and NED
 
 2011, June - STOPPED Herceptin and kicked up my heels!
 
 2012, February - 1 small tumor came back to haunt me in my lungs - back on Herceptin only, tumor stable.
 
 2015, November - tumor on lungs removed (Segmentectomy), back on Herceptin only
 Received U of W vaccine clinical  "booster" Vaccine
 
 2022 On Herceptin and NED continues - WOOT WOOT!
 
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		|  02-25-2013, 06:27 PM | #6 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hi Rhonda...I often wonder about you.  Often, when I do check in I hope that you will have a post.  I was thrilled to see that you did post to say hello.  Hello to you as well.  Thankful you are doing well.  How's the beautiful son of yours?  He must be all grown up?  
 Sending my love to you and my thankfulness to God that you continue to be well.
 
 Mary Jo
 
				__________________ "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06 17 Years NED <>< Romans 8:28 
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		|  02-26-2013, 03:21 PM | #7 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hi Rhonda, good to hear from you and glad all is well. 
				__________________Tricia
 Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
 A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
 Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
 Currently taking Arimidex..
 June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa  2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
 Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015  for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
 2014 Normal Dexa scan
 2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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		|  02-26-2013, 03:31 PM | #8 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Thanks for checking in Rhonda.  Glad to hear you are doing well.
 all the best
 caya
 
				__________________ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+
 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm.
 Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested)
 MRM Dec.18/06
 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere
 Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08
 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years
 Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012
 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative
 Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal
 Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so.
 Reclast infusion January 2012
 Oopherectomy October 2013
 15 Years NED!!
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		|  02-27-2013, 05:22 PM | #9 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hi Rhonda  I'm still checking in too.  When I saw that beautiful boy and the cute dog I thought, I remember her.  Stay well.MJO - the other Mary Jo
 
				__________________MJO
 
 IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
 Oncotype DX Score 32
 Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
 Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
 3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
 4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
 36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
 2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
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		|  02-27-2013, 11:28 PM | #10 |  
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 Rhonda, it's good to hear from you.  Good to hear from you too, MJO. 
				__________________Jackie07
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html 
http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2
 
NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85 
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm  23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills 
CN 3 GKRS 52301 
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen 
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove 
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan 
Irrtbl bowel 1'09 
Colonoscopy 313 
BRCA1 V1247I 
hptc hemangioma 
Vertigo 
GI - > yogurt 
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk 
DEXA 1/13 
1-2016  lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss.  Final path result - not cancer. 
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement (600mg x2)  
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior.  Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 
 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
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		|  03-01-2013, 06:31 AM | #11 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hey RhondaGirl!!!  Nice to see you again .. Tony hasn'tchanged a bit
  
				__________________PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR- Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
 Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam."  -  Popeye
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		|  03-01-2013, 12:08 PM | #12 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hi Rhonda good to see your post. I stop in every now and again to see how everyone is doing. Its good to see all the "old timers" post on this thread! 
				__________________Alice
 04/08 age 50 III IBC Her2+++ ER/PR-8cm 14/14 Double M, Body and Brain CT/PET clear, ? on spine,Muga 53
 06/08, 4 A/C, Neulasta
 08/08, Herceptin/tax 12 every week
 10/08, CT/PET clear, ? on pelvis, hips, MUGA 43, started Enalaprial for heart, Herceptin every 3 weeks
 11/08 33Rads; 12/08 MUGA 48
 2/09 MRI spine and bone scan, old mets to spine, Chest x-ray, blood work, IV NED,regular CPAP use,Zometa x6, first -flue like symptoms 2 days;Herceptin x3; stage 2 lymphoedema..sleeve and glove
 4/09 Brain MRI - CLEAR; MUGA 54
 7/09 chest ultrasound,
 10/09 PET, brain and spin MRI NED Herceptin only. MUGA 59!!!
 1/11 Hip replacement 7/11 Hip 2 replacement
 4/12 4 years!! Herceptin
 6/12 start reconstruction finish in 12/12
 2/14 Herception  - 6 years!!!
 
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		|  03-04-2013, 09:52 PM | #13 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hi Rhonda! Nice to "read" from you :-)
 As usual, Pink Girl, you cracked me up!
 
				__________________1996 cancer WTF?! 1.3 cm lumpectomy Er/Pr neg. Her2+ (20nodes NEGATIVE) did CMF + rads. NED.
 2002 recurrence. Bilateral mastectomy w/TFL autologous recon. Then ACx2. Skin lymphatic rash. Taxotere w/Herceptin x4. Herceptin/Xeloda.  Finally stops spreading.
 2003 - Back to surgery, remove skin mets, and will have surgery one week later when pathology can confirm margins.
 ‘03 latisimus dorsi flap to remove skin mets. CLEAN MARGINS. Continue single agent Herceptin thru 4/04. NED.
 ‘04 '05 & 06 tiny recurrences - scar line. surgery to cut out. NED each time.
 1/2006 Rads again,  to scar line. NED.
 
 3/07 Heartbreaking news - mets! lungs.sternum. Try Tykerb/Xeloda. Tykerb/Carbo/Gemzar. Switch Oncs.
 12/07 Herceptin.Tykerb. Markers go stable.
 2/8/08 gamma knife 13mm stupid brain met.
 3/08 Herceptin/tykerb/avastin/zometa.
 3/09 brain NED. Lungs STABLE.
 4/09 attack sternum (10 daysPHOTONS.5 days ELECTRONS)
 9/09 MARKERS normal!
 3/10 PET/CT=manubrium intensely metabolically active but stable. NEDhead.
 Wash out 5/10 for tdm1 but 6/10 CT STABLE, PET improving. Markers normal. Brain NED. Resume just Herceptin plus ZOMETA
 Dec 2010 Brain NED, lungs/sternum stable. markers normal.
 MAR 2011 stop Herceptin/allergy! Go back on Tykerb and switch to Xgeva.
 May-Aug 2011 Tykerb Herceptin Xgeva.
 Sept 2011 Tykerb, Herceptin, Zometa, Avastin.
 April 2012 sketchy drug trial in NYC. 6 weeks later I’m NED!
 OCT 2012 PET/CT shows a bunch of freakin’ progression. Back to LA and Herceptin.avastin.zometa.
 12/20/12 add in PERJETA!
 March 2013 – 5 YEARS POST continue HAPZ
 APRIL 2013 - 6 yrs stage 4. "FAILED" PETscan on 4/2/13
 May 2013: rePetted - improvement in lungs, left adrenal stable, right 6th rib inactive, (must be PERJETA avastin) sternum and L1 fruckin'worsen. Drop zometa. ADD Xgeva. Doc says get rads consultant for L1 and possible biopsy of L1. I say, no thanks, doc. Lets see what xgeva brings to the table first. It's summer.
 June-August 2013HAPX Herceptin Avastin Perjeta xgeva.
 Sept - now - on chemo hold for calming tummy we hope. Markers stable for 2 months.
 Nov 2013 - Herceptin-Perjeta-Avastin-Xgeva (collageneous colitis, which explains tummy probs, added Entocort)
 December '13 BRAIN MRI ned in da head.
 Jan 2014: CONTINUING on HAPX…
 FEB 2014 PetCT clinical “impression”: 1. newbie nodule - SUV 1.5 right apical nodule, mildly hypermetabolic “suggestive” of worsening neoplastic lesion. 2. moderate worsening of the sternum – SUV 5.6 from 3.8
 3. increasing sclerosis & decreasing activity of L1 met “suggests” mild healing. (SUV 9.4 v 12.1 in May ‘13)
 4. scattered lung nodules, up to 5mm in size = stable, no increased activity
 5. other small scattered sclerotic lesions, one in right iliac and one in thoracic vertebral body similar in appearance to L1 without PET activity and not clearly pathologic
 APRIL 2014 - 6 YRS POST GAMMA ZAP, 7 YRS MBC & 18 YEARS FROM ORIGINAL DX!
 October 2014: hold avastin, continue HPX
 Feb 2015 Cancer you lost. NEDHEAD 7 years post gamma zap miracle, 8 years ST4, +19 yrs original diagnosis.
 Continue HPX. Adding back Avastin
 Nov 2015 pet/ct is mixed result. L1 SUV is worse. Continue Herceptin/avastin/xgeva. Might revisit Perjeta for L1. Meantime going for rads consult for L1
 December 2015 - brain stable. Continue Herceptin, Perjeta, Avastin and xgeva.
 Jan 2016: 5 days, 20 grays, Rads to L1 and continue on HAPX.  I’m trying to "save" TDM1 for next line. Hope the rads work to quiet L1. Sciatic pain extraordinaire :((
 Markers drop post rads.
 2/24/16 HAP plus X - markers are down
 SCIATIC PAIN DEAL BREAKER.
 3/23/16 Laminectomy w/coflex implant L4/5. NO MORE SCIATIC PAIN!!! Healing.
 APRIL 2016 - 9 YRS MBC
 July 2016 - continue HAP plus Xgeva.
 DEC 2016 - PETCT: mets to sternum, lungs, L1 still about the same in size and PET activity. Markers not bad.  Not making changes if I don't need to. Herceptin/Perjeta/Avastin/Xgeva
 APRIL 2017 10 YEARS MBC
 December 2017 - Progression - gonna switch it up
 FEB 2018 - Kadcyla 3 cycles ---->progression :(
 MAY30th - bronchoscopy, w/foundation1 - her2 enriched
 Aug 27, 2018 - start clinical trial ZW25
 JAN 2019 - ZW25 seems to be keeping me stable
 APRIL 2019 - ONE DOZEN YEARS LIVING METASTATIC
 MAY 2019 - progression back on herceptin add xeloda
 JUNE 2019 - "6 mos average survival" LMD & CNS new single brain met - one zap during 5 days true beam SBRT to cord met
 10/30/19 - stable brain and cord. progression lungs and bones. washing out. applying for ds8201a w nivolumab. hope they take me.
 12/27/19 - begin ds8401a w nivolumab. after 2nd cycle nodes melt away. after 3rd cycle chest scan shows Improvement, brain MRI shows improvement, resolved areas & nothing new. switch to plain ENHERTU. after 4th cycle, PETscan shows mostly resolved  or improved results.  Markers near normal. I'm stunned but grateful.
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		|  03-09-2013, 08:19 PM | #14 |  
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Good to hear from you, Rhonda! I was checking in too when I saw your post! 
				__________________  Suzan W. 
age 54 at diagnosis 
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast 
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++ 
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg. 
Oncotype DX-high risk  
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C 
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin  
arimidex-5 years 
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis 
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE 
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy 
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection 
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)  
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary! 
8/2010-18%increase in bone density! 
no further treatments 
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"  
I say,"What a long strange trip its been" 
'One day at a time' 
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY! 
 7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use 
 6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! 
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis 
    2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.  
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! 
     still suffering from CIU.  4 hospitilizations in the past year
 
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!! 
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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 Nice to see some familiar names. I hadn't checked here for quite while. 
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Rhonda,
 Good to hear from you. I always love that pic.
 
 Glad that you are doing well, and congratulations on your anniversary!!
 
 Joan
 
				__________________Diagnosed stage 2b in July 2003 (2.3 cm, HER2+, ER-/PR-, 7+ nodes). Treated with mastectomy (with immediate DIEP flap reconstruction), AC + T/Herceptin (off label). Cancer advanced to lung in Jan. 2007 (1 cm nodule). Started Herceptin every 3 weeks. Lung wedge resection April 2007. Cancer recurred in lung April 2008. RFA of lung in August 2008. 2nd annual brain MRI in Oct. 2008 discovered 2.6 cm cystic tumor in left frontal lobe. Craniotomy Oct. 2008 (ER-/PR-/HER2-) followed by targeted radiation (IMRT). Coughing up blood Feb. 2009. Thoractomy July 2009 to cut out fungal ball of common soil fungus (aspergillus) that grew in the RFA cavity (most likely inhaled while gardening). No cancer, only fungus. Removal of tiny melanoma from upper left arm, plus sentinel lymph node biopsy in Feb. 2016. Guardant Health liquid biopsy in Feb. 2016 showed mutations in 4 subtypes of TP53. Repeat of Guardant Health biopsy in Jana. 2021 showed 3 TP53 mutations, BRCA1 mutation and CHEK2 mutation. Invitae genetic testing showed negative for all of these. Living with MBC since 2007. Stopped Herceptin Hylecta (injection) treatment in March 2020. Recent 2023 annual CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis and annual brain MRI showed NED. Praying for NED forever!!
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		|  04-06-2013, 04:04 AM | #17 |  
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 I used to be on this site all the time years ago so i remember you well. I bet your son is a handsome young man now. 
				__________________Christine
 
 DX Sept 03 age 40 Stage 2B Grade 3 mastectomy (after 2 prior breast conserving surgeries)
 "at least" 2.3 cm 3/12 nodes ER+/PR+ Her2+++
 8 FEC. Tamoxifen then Arimidex. Ovaries out.
 "late" Herceptin for 2 years (18months after chemo) on HERA trial. finished Herceptin Nov 2007.
 Multiple bone mets May 2012 and now liver August 2012.
 Abraxne, Herceptin and Zometa.
 June 2013 Tykerb, Xeloda and Xgeva
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				Re: It has been a LONG time...
			 
 Hi Rhonda, Always fun to hear from someone we have known for years. Even Pinky showed up to say hi.
 All the best,
 
				__________________Catherine
 
 
 Found my own lump in the shower
 April 2006 at the age of 58
 Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
 Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
 Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
 33 rads after the surgery
 1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
 15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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