Lymph Nodes, Herceptin and Stuff
Well - back from hospital - both a bit shattered but getting more determined and positive with each passing minute.Pathology result showed five discreet tumours in the breast and eight out of twenty six lymph nodes positive. Strongly HER-2 positive and strongly oestrogen receptor positive. Mixed news then. We meet our oncologist for the first time in three days and until then it looks like we've got a lot of background reading to do!
At the moment it looks like the suggested treatment will be a mix of chemotherapy and radiotherapy with herceptin and tamoxifen to follow. Chemo will be with the FEC regimen and with Taxitere included. Sounds like we know what we're talking about doesn't it, but in truth it's all so new to us that we haven't really got our head around it yet.
More to follow - at least we now know exactly the challenge we face
Wish us luck!
Gordon and Marjory
We have published several articles about herceptin on this site and you can find them collected in our herceptin treatment archive page
posted by Marjory @ 6:37 PM
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Hello Marjory and Gordon in Scotland! I am a breast cancer survivor (four years now) and I find visiting your blog a very good read. I have featured Twinkle Twinkles at The Cancer Blog -- so perhaps other newly-diagnosed and long-term breast cancer survivors will be able to discover your blog too. Thank you for contacting us! I will be checking back in to see how Marjory is doing from time to time. All the best, Dalene
Thanks for your kind words Dalene and for the warmth of your post on the Cancer Blog site.
Best wishes to you from both of us
Hello, I found your site through a site that came up "25 ways to prevent cancer". Breast cancer runs in my family (my aunt has already had a double masectomy) and I have had a scare. I keep close tabs on it. I just want you to know that I will think of and pray for you. Your website will be an encouragement to everyone. It is great to be able to communicate with others and receive support (even from people you do not know and will probably never see). I wish you the best! Susan
Thank you Susan
Best wishes from us
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