Virtual Pink House: Reducing Recurrence Risk of HER2 Positive Breast Cancer

[@EL-fe2of]

Thank-you, very informative and reassuring, and being proactive with this disease❤

[@rosanneschwab4996]

I was just diagnosed at age 70. Never smoked or drank, eat organic, exercise, at 5'1" have been 102 lbs my whole life.. No rhyme or reason.

[@janicecannon1955]

Same here.

[@AnnBirden]

Thanks for this video!

[@samanthaesra4035]

Thank you so much for your informative video. From South Africa.

[@VikiWixcey]

Thank you so much for this informative video! 25:54

[@umadhanapal7611]

Excellent presentation! Please keep me posted if the upcoming zoom session.

[@sandralee7828]

Thank you so much

[@olivejohns9393]

Great presentation

[@queen-servant-of-allah2822]

Excellent video thank u so much for sharing 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕

[@CarolinaBreastFriends]

We're so glad you found it worthwhile. If you haven't yet, feel free to browse the other videos on out channel. We love being able to share the insight & support of sessions from The Pink House with breast cancer Survivors, Thrivers, and their family & support givers no matter where they are.

[@CarolinaBreastFriends]

Eric Cohen will be doing a live, Zoom session for us soon. When we get the date finalized, I'll reply again with the link to register. The session will be free. :-)

[@lesliehennings1659]

This is a great video! I was diagnosed 9 months ago with HER2, and this video really helped me understand it. Question...is lymph node involvement considered a metastatic?

[@rura2352]

Hey dear, I studied medicine and have breastcancer too. In Germany we call it "local lymphatic metastasis" which is NOT considered as stage four cancer. So it's basically a healable, "local/regional" metastasis if near the breast ... Good luck! ❤

[@annahorning7432]

I developed dcis while on anastrazole for previous cancer Why would this be happening

[@peter8488]

Thank you for this information, understanding helps us approach this with less fear.

[@LARADELARA-n5x]

Hi i am afraid of herceptin injection side effect??

[@mselite3250]

What about people with low BMI or people eho are below BMI that still get cancer

[@CarolinaBreastFriends]

Hi and thanks for your question. We are going to pass it along to the presenter, who was a quest speaker on this topic. Eric Cohen will be doing a live, Zoom session for us soon. When we get the date finalized, I'll reply again with the link to register. The session is free. :-)

[@rachelleb8544]

Do you have any more in-depth KZbin videos on whether someone chose not to get radiation?

[@FiberArts22]

Ugh.. I am a breast cancer survivor 3b … now my remaining breast has lumps reminding me of first cancer ..doc’s says fibrosis breasts ..so frustrated lump is getting bigger … I complained for many years till last bc was diagnosed any helpful hints ..currently no insurance but do get a break with only having one breast on cost of testing ..

[@DCS_DCS]

This is a helpful presentation. Thank you very much. My medical oncologist has prescribed only trustuzamab (Herceptin) and pertuzamab (Perjeta). Since there are a couple of other molecular antibodies as well, my question is on what basis MAB to be used would be decided?

[@CarolinaBreastFriends]

Apologies for the delay in responding. We will pass your question along to the presenter, who was a guest speaker for us on the topic. Eric Cohen will be doing a live, Zoom session for us soon. When we get the date finalized, I'll reply again with the link to register. The session will be free. :-)

[@DCS_DCS]

@@CarolinaBreastFriends thank you

[@SlotstheMetaphysicalwa]

Im her 2 positive and im diagnosed at age 64 so im confused 😢😢😢 oncologist found it strange they automatically without biopsy of the lungs and only cancer in one breast that it jumped to lymphnode and lungs😮😮😮

[@lmundiclan]

I am 78 and just noticed a lump in my right breast. I had breast cancer in 2012 in my left breast, it was Her2 positive and it was the size of a lemon. What is the mortality rate for reoccurrence breast cancer? I weigh about 145 and am 5’2”.

[@anglophils645]

I am not an oncologist, but my brother is. Your weight is good, you could be a little slimmer, but it's not a problem. For your overall health, use a BMI calculator on your phone or computer, and make sure that you keep your BMI in a normal, or slightly overweight range. (Slightly overweight people on average live longer than do underweight people. But the best is the normal range.). You need a biopsy of that new lump. It is probably not a recurrence of your breast cancer. My brother says that 85% of breast lumps are non-cancerous. But you should get it checked, so that you know what it is. Whatever it is , it will probably be a good idea to have it removed, so that it doesn't bother you. I'm in my mid-sixties, and I had a benign tumor removed from my left breast twenty years ago. Even though it was non-cancerous, it was continuing to grow, which made me uncomfortable. I've never had a recurrence since (it was a fibroadenoma). On the small chance that your lump is cancerous, it is probably not HER2 positive. The most common breast cancer in your age group, is estrogen-positive, HER2 negative, which would mean that you would only need a lumpectomy, and possibly a little radiation. This type of cancer rarely needs chemo to stop it. So get the lump checked. I doubt that it is an aggressive cancer, like the one you had ten years ago. But you need to find out what it is, so you can discuss your treatment options with your doctor. Hope this helps! A petite little woman like you has many good years left, I'm sure! Who knows, you may be a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue model at 81, like Martha Stewart. (you can be in the special Petite issue).