Diagnosed high-risk in 1993 and no recurrence

Leslie304 · 09-07-2009, 04:00 PM

Thanks Christine for your encouraging post. I was diagnosed in April 09 and just weaving my way through all this! Did you ever get the HER2 vaccine? I'm very curious how many have, my onc has not mentioned it but maybe it is premature for me to be thinking about it. I'm still undergoing chemo and anxiously awaiting surgery! Get this stuff out of me! Did you do a bilateral mastectomy?
Thanks for the renewed hope and CONGRATULATIONS!
Leslie

ElaineM · 09-07-2009, 09:18 PM

Good for you. Keep up the good work. I am clapping and cheering for you !!!!!!!!

Christine MH-UK · 09-08-2009, 03:03 AM

Hello everyone,

Well, it is almost six years now. If I had known how long this thread was going to run, I would have put diagnosed October 2003 in the title.

I never did get the her2 vaccine nor did I get a bilateral mastectomy. They are still working on her2 vaccines, so these are only available experimentally even now. As for a bilateral mastectomy, it seemed to me that for my type contralateral recurrences were relatively infrequent and I can't imagine having two arms at risk of lymphedema.