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  • Faith316
    Faith316 Member Posts: 2,431
    edited February 2010

    Whatever "type" of BC you find out that you have, there will be plenty of treatments to deal with it.  Try and relax and don't stress out right now trying to figure out what type you hope you have.  You will find out soon enough and then your doctors will know what type of treatments you will most benefit from.  It is so hard at the beginning.  The "not knowing" part is really difficult and then the saturation you feel from so much information is overload.  The learning curve is steepest at the beginning, but try and keep yourself busy and don't spend all your time focusing on cancer.  Easier said than done, I know, but you will drive yourself crazy.  Good luck to you.  We have all been right where you are now and we totally understand.  Take a step back and don't let this consume you.  There is more to life than cancer.

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  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 2,645
    edited February 2010

    Is this the study that you were talking about Sassa?

    http://www.senology.it/SGallen.pdf

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  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 2,645
    edited February 2010

    oops...sorry , wrong thread!

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  • mke
    mke Member Posts: 584
    edited February 2010

    I'm not going to do a very good job of this - but it means that the tumour has receptors for a certain gene (or protein or something) named HER2.  It is a more agressive type of tumour and it used to be considered bad, but then Herceptin came along and was demonstrated to be very effective against this type of BC.  So now it is considered good because there is one more thing in the treatment toolbox. 

    Actually they are still figuring out how good because the treatment protocols have changed so much so recently.  It's not a good idea to pay too much attention to old statistics.

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  • helena67
    helena67 Member Posts: 357
    edited February 2010

    Dear Karen,

    I remember like yesterday when I was diagnosed. I was very upset and worried. I had not even seen an oncologist yet, just had the surgery. Was worried about the pathology results and the (very likely) possibility of spread to lymph nodes. Or worse.

    One of the docs said to me: 'whatever it is, they (the Oncs) will have a plan for you'. For some reason, this gave me comfort. And that is exactly how it is, whatever the results are, they will have an appropriate treatment plan for your situation. The uncertainty is the worst time. Hang in there.

    -Helena.

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  • karendunn36
    karendunn36 Member Posts: 16
    edited February 2010

    thanks helena, i too have had surgery but not seen an onc yet, i will be ok after this week is over and i know exactly whats happening xx

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited February 2010
    Karen:  I don't understand why you are still waiting to be told your pathology result. I was only in hospital 2 nights and got the results the next afternoon after surgery. It's the surgeon's responsibility to tell you what they found.
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  • karendunn36
    karendunn36 Member Posts: 16
    edited February 2010

    if they did it went straight over my head, all i was told after op was that it had been found in my blood vessels in my breast tissue so i needed a ct scan now and a mastectomy :(

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  • my2boys
    my2boys Member Posts: 339
    edited February 2010

    I agree with helena.....the absolute worst time is diagnosis.  Once a plan is in place and you have a doctor that you are comfortable with, things will seem easier to handle. 

    My only advice to you, Karen, is to please get two opinions from two different oncologists.  I'm glad I did since they each recommended different drugs.....I listened to their reasons for recommending the chemo drugs and made an "informed decision".

    Good luck to you dear.

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  • mary6204
    mary6204 Member Posts: 373
    edited February 2010

    Both my surgeon and oncologist told me that if they had to have bc they would want to be HER+.  They said that was not the case before Herceptin.  No BC is good, but treatment has come a long way and this site is the best for support. I am so far a 2 year survivor and plan on staying that way.  Good luck and God Bless, Mary

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