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Sunday, May 25, 2008 laura asks

Q: hello this question is for anji

if you do not mind can you tell me what your stage was in 2005 and what procedure did you have done and what treatment?'

thank you this is a great community and help and hope line

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5/25/08 12:28pm

Sure thing, I don't mind helping at all - that's what I'm here for!

Back in 05, I had just turned 31 when I found the lump after my 4th miscarriage.  First I had a lumpectomy and the path came back as:  Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma; Stage 2; T2 N0 M0; Tumor Grade 3; Tumor Size 2 x 2x 1.5 cm; Estrogen Receptor Positive (90%); Progesterone Receptor Positive (5-10%); Her-2/Neu Negative (score of 1+); DNA Ploidy = Diploid; S Phase 2.2%

a few days later I went back in and had a modified radical mastectomy - I was told due to the grade and my age I had to have one (little did I know I had choices, I was so naive back then!)

Since then I have kept a log of my journey on my own blog - you can find it at http://scrapaddictnv2.blogspot.com/  beware that IT DOES contain strong language!

 

In Feb. 08 my plastic surgeon found an area that looked like scar tissue within my chest wall - he removed it and it came back positive for Recurrent Breast Cancer - based on the pathology from the 2nd tumor found:
25x15x12mm; biopsy revealed Infiltrating (moderately well differentiated) Duct Carcinoma; so far there has been no staging yet; Estrogen Receptor Positive 90% ; Progesterone Receptor Negative 0; DNA Ploidy = Tetraploid; S Phase = 9.6%;  HER2 & CEP17 FISH = 1.1 Negative.  Also it listed that the tumor is seen to invade skeletal muscle.  However my bone scan, chest ct scan, and PET ct scan did not show anything additinal - thank goodness!

 

Let me know if you are looking got further info.

Thanks!

Angi

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5/25/08 12:33pm

oops, I left out that following my mast. I had 4 sessions of chemo with a mix of Adriamycin and Cytoxan, followed by Neulasta injections and then Femara pills (which I just recently quit taking cause the drs beleive they failed me).  No radioation the first time but I expect some now.

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