Support.............................

[micheleu]

Marejo,

meet the most "worried" patient my onc. has seen he said!! I had 34 pos nodes and now i'm 3 years out! The scariest was getting off Herceptin. I begged my onc for more. He said NO. Now i'm glad he did. I felt a kid in a candy store getting shut off from candy. To make you feel better, my onc told me they have not had ANYONE recur in 5 years on the Herceptin trial. I had to ask several nurses to believe it. I don't know why they had 100% not recur. The study said about 50% decrease in recurrence, but 100%, Wow. Let this be encourgaing for you. I know the first 2 years are the worst. Like Audrey my dearest friend said, It does get easier. One day you will wake up and forget to worry!

[Mary Jo]

Hi Micheleu,

What an ENCOURAGING post. Thank you for that. Is that really true. NO ONE had a recurrence in those who were on herceptin. I want to NOT believe it out of fear of me being the first one - haha!

I so appreciate your encouragement. God continue to protect you from this disease.

Marejo