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CherylQ
CherylQ Member Posts: 117
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I think I have read everything and talked to all my medical friends.  I am a nurse but this is something I had hoped to avoid.  Some days are good and some are bad.  My cancer has components of IBC, so over the past week I have been poked and diagnosed to death and I still have more biopsies and then radiation, chemo and surgery next week.  Just found out I am HER2+, E-,P-.  Trying not to be scared in front of my family but it hard.

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  • coss
    coss Member Posts: 48
    edited August 2010

    Hang in there. This is the worst part, the shock, not knowing what the treatment will be or how you'll handle it. I'm also a nurse and was in your shoes two years ago. As far as chemo goes, I had dose dense AC+TH (assuming you've already learned the alphabet soup of chemo drugs.)  It was not fun but also not as bad as I was expecting. Take all the drugs they give you.  Get a port and save yourself a year of IV starts for Herceptin.  I was glad to have it. Try to let other people take care of you.  I know how hard it is to turn off the nurse and become the patient for a change.  Although it's hard to see it right now, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

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  • Luah
    Luah Member Posts: 1,541
    edited August 2010

    CherylIQ: So sorry you are going through this.  It is a really scary time, but trust me, it gets better as you move through treatment.  You might want to hop over to the Triple Negative board - lots of lovely ladies there with similar pathology, who can support you through the process.

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  • CherylQ
    CherylQ Member Posts: 117
    edited August 2010

    Thank you for the responses. My breast profile came by ER-,PR-, HER2+.  And I do plan on asking for a port.  Have to have a second biopsy due to 2 axillary nodes that appeared enlarged on the MRI.  All of this to happen the upcoming week.

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