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01-26-2008, 03:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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One Year Of Herceptin Done!
Congratulations to Maryanne, (Harrie) member list name:
Just completed her one year of Herceptin and I wanted to wish you
much Joy, Love and Peace. So happy for you dear sister! Sing, dance
and enjoy !
Big, Big Hug,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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01-26-2008, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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I'd like to join in the celebration for Maryanne's ending of herceptin. Yahoozee.
Mary Jo
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"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
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01-26-2008, 10:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Oregon
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YEAH!!!
<3Lolly
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Sept.'99 - Dx.Stage IIIB, IDC ER/PR-, HER2+++ by IHC, confirmed '04 by FISH. Left MRM, AC x's 4, Taxol x's 4, 33 Rads, finishing Tx May 2000. Jan.'01 - local/regional recurrence, Stage IV. Herceptin/Navelbine weekly till NED August 2001, then maintenance Herceptin. Right Mast. April 2002. Local/Regional recurrence April '04, Herceptin plus/minus chemo until May '07. Gemzar added from Feb.'07-April '07; Tykerb/Abraxane until August '07, back on Herceptin plus Taxotere and Xeloda Sept. '07. Stopped T/X Nov. '07, stopped Herceptin Dec. '07, started Avastin/Taxol/Carboplatin Dec. '07. Progression in chest skin, stopped TAC March '03, started radiation.
Herceptin has served as the "Backbone" of my treatment strategy for over 6 years, giving me great quality of life. In 2005, I was privileged to participate in the University of Washington/Seattle HER2 Vaccine Trial.
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01-26-2008, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Southern, CA
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Maryanne, Big congratulations on completing your year of herceptin. Don't be surprised if you feel like your missing something now that you don't have to go in every 3 weeks. That's pretty normal....but I must say, it too will pass quickly enough.  Enjoy that extra time you now have and do something that's fun just for you.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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01-26-2008, 11:58 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 77
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congratualationsn... finnished mine in 2006 and feel great.. good for you..
Carol Carlson
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01-27-2008, 07:23 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: moved to Lancaster, Pa in June, 2010
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Congratulations Maryanne. I just finished my year of herceptin Jan. 8 and it feels great not to be hooke up to an IV pole every three weeks!
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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01-27-2008, 07:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Thornhill, Ontario
Canada
Posts: 2,320
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Congrats Maryanne on finishing your year of Herceptin. It's a big milestone. I have 5 more infusions to go, and will join you on May 8th in the "I have done my year of Herceptin " club!!
all the best
caya
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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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01-27-2008, 07:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 2,077
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Congratulations, Maryanne! I hope you enjoy your new free time, and every time you would have been getting in the car to go for herceptin, instead, put on your red shoes and dance around the house yelling, "whoohooo!! I don't have to go no mo', I don't have to go no mo'!!!". Love to ya, Bill
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01-27-2008, 09:35 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
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All Smiles!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone for your kind words!!! It is 6:30pm Hawaii time and I just happen to see this thread online for the first time and I can't believe it is all for me!!! I feel like it is my birthday or something special like that!! I am so thrilled that so many are thinking of me and sharing my joy. (guess this qualifies for the "JOY" thread!)
Jean, thank you....you made my day.....
Lots of love to you alll....
Maryanne (harrie)
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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01-28-2008, 03:20 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bradenton,FL
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Oh {{{{{{{{Maryanne}}}}}}}}, I can't believe I missed this!
WOOOOHHHOOOOIEEE for you! I am so happy!
Big hugs,Marcia
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01-28-2008, 03:40 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 624
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CONGRATULATIONS on completing your one year of Herceptin!!
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01-29-2008, 06:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Marengo, IL
Posts: 518
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Greetings and congrats from IL. I finished Herceptin in Dec. Your sisters celebrate with you!
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Donna
Crystal Lake, IL
Diagnosed 8/4/06 at age 54
Lumpectomy 8/30/06
Stage llA, grade 3, ER/PR-, Her2++
1.7 cm tumor, 1+ lymph node out of 9
Completed 4 A/C, & 4 Taxol with Herceptin
36 rads completed 5/16/07
Mammograms, 7/07 clear
fractured ribs in radiated area 10/07
Finished Herceptin 12/27/07
Mammogram,CT,tumor markers 1/08 - small lung nodules in radiated area, repeated tests 3/08 stable
Mammogram,CT ,tumor markers 6/08 stable
NED 2 years!!
3 years !!!
4years!!!!
4 years, 10 months and 8 day NED, calling it 5 years!!!
Official 5 years 8/30/2011
8/31/ 2012 - 6 years!!!!!!
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01-29-2008, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 305
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Congratulations on finishing your year! I am in the middle of mine - it is nice to know that at some point it will be done.
Did your infusion nurses give you a graduation party?
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01-29-2008, 11:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: WHITESTOWN IN
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Congrats Maryanne. even though I am very jealous. I thought my last one would have been yesterday but I still have one more to go. I can't wait. I know you are rejoycing. Now go out and LIVE!!!!
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DX IDC AT 42 12/7/06
2.2CM STAGE I GRADE 2
NODE NEG
PARTIAL 12/18/06
HER2+ /ER+(75%) PR+(5%)
4 DD AC CHEMO STARTING 1/10/07
4 DD Taxol Starting 3/5/07
1year weekly Herceptin starting 3/5/07
finished 2/18/08
changed to every 3 weeks 4/23/07
completed 33 radiation treatments 7/6/07
TAH and BSO 9/24/07
start Femarra 10/8/07
Started Neritinib trial 12/14/09
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01-29-2008, 12:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume
ALWAYS BELIEVE
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As the story goes....
"Oh, what a relief it is"!! This was an Alka Seltzer commercial but surely fits here!! Enjoy your newfound freedom. Make sure you do something special for your reward and do not forget to tell us what it was.>>Believe51
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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01-30-2008, 12:00 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Posts: 1,867
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For starters, to celebrate, after my last treatment I ran and bought a bunch of pizzas for the absolutely wonderful staff there. Then later that weekend my husband and I went to see the movie, Juno, which I really wanted to see. GREAT MOVIE!!! That's it for starters.....
BTW, if you are interested in my herceptin side effects, I just opened a new thread called "herceptin, min side effects 4 me".
I did absolutely great on herceptin. I know I was concerned prior to starting because I had read of many others with significant side effects and I really want people to know there are some like me who had hardly any side effects.
Congratulations to you too Donna!!
Thanks you guys........love you all!!!
Maryanne (harrie)
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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01-30-2008, 12:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 889
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Congratulations!
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dx aug 03 invasive dcis 1 cm
er/pr/her2+
bcs 8/4/03
bcs 8/21/03 0/16 nodes
tx 4x ca 36 rad tam
postmenopausal 06 aromasin
sept 07 biopsy node in neck
muga/pet/cat/bone mets to lungs nodes and liver stage iv
tx hki-272
tx not working switched to taxol herceptin
Taxol not working switched to navelbine
navelbine is causing bad neuropathy
starting gemzar
gemzar quit on me now on Ixempra due to increasing number and size of liver mets
another progression starting tykerb/xeloda
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