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Brave Warrior Woman!
Flori,
I love those pictures! I know you don't want to be a hero, but for some reason you were chosen to be one.
You are my hero.
For writing, for posting your pictures, for trying to figure out new ways to combat the cancer!
We all know this is crazy hard! We are all rooting for you and we all believe in you that you can do it!
Courage to me means to acknowledge and measure up our fears and keep moving forward in spite of them.
This is the sense that I think you are very courageous Flori.
With love,
Odette
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May 18, 2006 Age 52,
Diagnosed infiltrating ductal carcinoma
er/pr- HER2 + 3.9 by FISH
June-August 2006 AC chemo
August-October 2006 Taxotere + Herceptin
November 18, 2006 Mastectomy 16 involved lymph nodes
Jan 2, 2007 start radiation
Stage IV, Jan 12, 2007 recurrence in cervical lymph nodes while on Herceptin, stopped Herceptin
Rad oncologist extended the radiation field, good response
Started Tykerb Xeloda on beginning of May 2007
Progression to lungs and conglomerate lymphadenopathy July 2007
Undecided about next treatment
'One does not get to choose one's adventures'
I'm experimenting with my diet, using green tea, flax seed curry and olive oil
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