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03-23-2007, 09:25 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Colorado
Posts: 131
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Just gotta say it...
...I know you all agree! What a marvelous wealth of knowledge Becky is. Lady, you are absolutely invaluable to this board and I cannot thank you enough for your love, insight and compassion!
Love and Light
Mel
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Mel Gordon, Husband of Lisa Lowe - Queen of Love and Light and the bravest person I know!
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03-23-2007, 09:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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She is one in a Million!
I wish all of you on the board could meet Becky in person.
She is so bright, beautiful and wise. Best of all she has
a great sense of humor and a smile to go with it.
We are lucky to have her on this board.
God Bless Her!
(guess you can tell I am a fan of hers)
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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03-23-2007, 11:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Southern, CA
Posts: 2,511
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We are so blessed to have her here. This board would not be the same without her. I so appreciate the time she takes making sure everyones questions are answered, and in words we can all understand. Her true sincerity to help others just shines through her posts. But she has got to be one of the NICEST and sweetest people we have on this board. She is so geniune in wanting to help others. I know she has helped me tremendously more times then I can say. She is just absolutely awesome!  Mel has it right...she truly is "invaluable"!
I just can't tell you how much I appreciate having her here. She really is one in a million! Your just such an awesome person. (Thanks for all your help Becky!)
God bless 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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03-24-2007, 06:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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Becky...
AMAZES me...I just don't know HOW she does it!
Rhonda
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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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03-24-2007, 07:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: IOWA
Posts: 243
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I, too, appreciate Becky's input. I learn so much from her posts. Thanks Becky!
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Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++
Diagnosed 6/30/05
Lumpectomy 7/13/05
Dose Dense A/C x 4
Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12
Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06)
Radiation completed 2/28/06
Currently on Tamoxifen
Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis
Now er/pr-, her2++
1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin
Discontinued Tamoxifen
4/27/07 CTshowed progression
5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa
5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression
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03-24-2007, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 212
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Becky, thanks for sharing your knowledge and your positive spirit with this board--I look forward to seeing your posts as well. (Nice to know you have a fan club, isn't it?)
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Audrey
diagnosed July 2001, at age 36
large tumor, 11+ nodes
Stage IIIb, er/pr-, Her2+
treated with A/C, weekly Taxol
radiation, + year of Herceptin
on clinical trial. double mastectomy
followed by reconstruction
NED!!
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03-24-2007, 03:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 430
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THE BEST :::)))))
I put an SOS to her a while back and there she was.
XOXOX
MCS (maria)
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03-24-2007, 04:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,756
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I'm jumping on the bandwagon:
We are so LUCKY to have you Becky, thanks for all your help and knowledge!!!
<3 Lolly
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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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03-24-2007, 04:53 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 274
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Becky Is The Best
Please let me join in to say that I know Becky is the best. There has never been a post of hers that did not make me feel better. She is a wealth of knowledge and so upbeat.
Liz J.
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03-24-2007, 05:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lumberton, Mississippi
Posts: 118
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Me too Becky. I appreciate you and what you do for others on this board. You seem to always have an inspiring message, that also puts so many of us at ease.
Thanks
Linda
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Diagnosed 12/23/04
Biopsy 12/28/04
Lumpectomy 1/04/05
IDC, ER-PR-, HER2Neu+++
7mm tumor, Stage 1, Grade 3
6 CAF's
38 Rads
Finished 10/05
"Worry looks around. Sorry looks back. Faith looks up."
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03-24-2007, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: South Dakota.
Posts: 621
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Ditto!
"Ditto" to what everyone else has said. How nice it is to read your posts, Becky, when complicated medical terminology is translated into English. And thanks to all others who do so, as well. Together, you all do make a difference!
Go team!! Ooops. I've been watching too much NCAA basketball....
Seriously, THANK YOU to all.
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Blessings and Peace,
Barbara
DX Oct 02 @ age 52 Stage 2B Grade 3 Mastectomy
"at least" 4.5 cm IDC 1+node ER+61% /PR-
Assiciated Intraductual component with Comedo Necrosis
Her2+ FISH8.6 IHC 2+
5 1/2 CEF Arimidex
Celebrex 400mg daily for 13 months
Prophylactic mastectomy
Estradiol #: 13
PTEN positive, "late" Herceptin (26 months after chemo)
Oct 05: Actonel for osteopenia from Arimidex.
May 08: Replaced Actonel with Zometa . Taking every 6
months.
Accepting the gift of life, I give thanks for it and live it in fullness.
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03-24-2007, 09:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Thornhill, Ontario
Canada
Posts: 2,320
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Ditto for me too - We are lucky to have Becky here on this board.
Thanks so much
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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03-25-2007, 04:59 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
Posts: 2,582
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I too agree When I post a question I always think to myself...........I hope Becky isn't away. Hahahahahahahaha! Others have been very helpful and encouraging to me and others as well BUT man............Becky's fountain of knowledge is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is God's gift to us here at Her2support and I hope we are a gift to her as well.
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
<>< Romans 8:28
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