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Hey sweetie,

You are posting this on the Stage IV section.   You might want to find somebody in the Stage 1 or II section to help you with your fears.  Trust me, grade 3 doesn't mean you will recur, it just means your cells mutated faster.  Your tumor is only 1 cm so that's a good sign and it's not in your nodes, another good sign.  YOu have herceptin which works for a lot of women.  You should find the boards where women with your stats are who have NOT recurred, it will give you a lot more hope than we can.

Hi Sally - I was dx in 2008 with a grade 3 (9/9) tumor - also Her2+. This dx was terrifying for me, but 4 1/2 years later, here I am, doing well! What treatments have you done/are currently doing? Herceptin is a great drug for Her2+, and you have positive elements in your dx: relatively small tumor and clear lymph nodes.

Wishing you well!

There are MANY long-term Her2+ survivors here (most grade 3), Sally. And many, many more no longer post on bc.org because they're out living their lives, such as a few of my facebook friends from the taxotere/carboplatin/herceptin thread.

Your fear is certainly understandable (oh yeah!), but your dx also is full of hope.

Hi Sisters...I'm confused myself...I don't see any signs about Stage IV

sallyyy....We have A THREAD CALLED <CALLING ALL STAGE I SISTERS>

i WILL POST THE LINK FOR YOU...   http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/108/topic/743394?page=411#idx_12313

Please come and join us.

Hugs

Sheila

Hi Hun are you ok? You sound a bit upset and not sure what you have written.

Hi, so what do you know about your cancer

Well that sounds good no lymph nodes, what you having done now

sallyyy.....What the DR is recomending?  Biopsy or wait 3 months and check again.

I know it's a very unsettling time........

I also got Herceptin when i was first DX......♥

What's the plan

How is it going? I couldn't take Taxotere because of very bad side effects. I had 5 of FEC and 1 of Taxotere I have just finished chemo.

hello everibody,

I'm in the same grade 3, no nods, er+, pr+, no her, but I had LVI ( repport after surgery in Jan)

is anybody with LVI ? thanks 

hy sally, that means we have a local invasion in lymph vessels and/or blood vessels. it is dangerous in the samne degree with the node involvement. I don't have nodes but I have the local invasion ...the same thing almost 

good luck.........