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HIT
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11 years ago

HIT

Hi  Dont know what I'm doing here so bear with me.

Diognosed 4/11/13.  4.5cm tumour 4/21 cancerous nodes (grossly engaged) Evidence in lymph vasc system.  HER2 +.  Had lumpectomy, node removal, 8 cycles chemo 4AC 4 Hercepton/Dox 30 sessions radiation with booster 5 days.  Just over half way through the rest of the hercepton.

Would love to talk to people with similiar diognosis.  Often feel like I'm the only one with the 8 cycles of chemo???  Also I like to know all the details.  Often find in the chemo ward a lot of people would rather not know and just trust their docs - not me.

 

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    HIT
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    11 years ago

    Never to sure what to put in subject.  I havent done any of this or face book before!!  Thankyou for your reply and yes it all helps.  So many questions, and many of these probably arent answerable.  Half way through your chemo, thats great.  All I can say is it goes surprisingly fast. 

    your answer also brings to mind another question I forget to ask docs.  You had a mastectomy. I often wonder why I didn't.  My boob gives me a lot of trouble with fluid, does a mastectomy fix this or is the area still fluidy? 

    So I've got 6 weeks till I see my onc and then the week after a mammo/ultrasound and see the surgeon.  Kinda of look forward to these, then kinda don't. 

    Thanks again  Pam  PSS My title sounds horrible, it comes from when people ask how i'm going - I'm hanging in there!!