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Hi  bubby,  I haven't started the femara yet. supposed to start on wed. .....they found a cancerous tumor in the biopsy ,in situ and invasive stage one.estrogen positive....when they did further surgery to get any remaining cancer cells around the biopsy and in nodes under arm, they found no other cancer...I had the oncho type dx test ( so I didn't have chemo) and my score was only 6. My doctor wants me to take the meds forever because he has no idea what my odds are when I stop taking it...if there is another stray cell somewhere it could start growing when I stop the meds......He is a very good onchologist but I don't think anything is for sure at this point. He is just trying to help me live my life as long as possible..of course, in the end it will have to be up to me...I will get the cat scan, bone scan, bone density, another mammagram on the other breast  and bloodwork again on nov. the 19th. to see how I stand at this point..I am hopeful that they won't find anything else.
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