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12-20-2007, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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With "Pomp and Circumstance" playing in the background...
I GRADUATED to seeing my onc (I DREAD these visits...remember, the dentist is better) every year and my surgeon the opposing year so I will see one or the other every 6 months for the next 2 years, SO...I don't see the onc until NEXT December, whooo, whooo.
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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12-20-2007, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Was that fireworks I saw in the dimming light? How exciting, Rhonda! You have to be off the wall excited!!!! Congrats!
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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12-20-2007, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: moved to Lancaster, Pa in June, 2010
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Wonderfull news Rhonda! What a way to start off the new year!
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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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12-20-2007, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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How wonderful Rhonda. You are braver than me. My onc suggested going from every 4 months to every 6 and I told him I wasn't ready for that yet. Congratulations on your freedom and your courage.
Love to you
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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12-20-2007, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Thornhill, Ontario
Canada
Posts: 2,320
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Great news Rhonda - so encouraging to see this.
Enjoy your freedom
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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12-25-2007, 08:37 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 131
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What fantastic news this is....Congratulations and I wish you all the best...
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12-25-2007, 09:39 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
Posts: 1,744
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That is great news, Rhonda! My oncologist told me that I could go from seeing her every 3 months to every 6 months...well, after 5 months I got nervous and went to see her!!! Not quite ready to cut the tether yet I guess!!! Hey, is that your son???He is pretty darn cute! Happy Holidays!
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 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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12-25-2007, 06:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 758
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My current medical oncologist has only seen me twice, in April and then in December. At the December visit she announced that she would cut our visits to yearly. She feels that we know our own bodies best. However, my radiologist or her nurse practioner are continuing to see me every 3 or 4 months. So I don't feel abandoned. I have to agree with the medical onc that I know my body best and because I am feeling great , have been dancing with NED for almost 3 years, I will go blithely along and maybe even sing a song. (Probably in private because I can't sing worth a damn!)
Love & hugs,
Marlys
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12-25-2007, 08:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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Rhonda,
This is wonderful news....It must feel good to move forward.
Wishing you all the best.
Tony is getting so big....and is as handsome as ever!
Hugs to both of you,
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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