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Mary Anne in TX · 08-08-2007, 10:09 AM

Hi Krista!
You won't believe what kept me going during the worst! My husband looked at me in the middle of the night, sitting in the bathroom in unbelieveable pain and he said to me, "You have to stop this. It's just too awful. It's not worth it." Well, that did it! I didn't feel one bit better, but it made me so mad that he would even think that I would quit, that I found some mysterious reserve of fight to carry me through! When things got tough from then on, I just remembered that awful night and the way inwhich I learned how very much I wanted to live - wanted it so bad that I was willing to feel worse than dying to get better!
You made it this far! You're some kinda superwoman and you can do the rest, somehow you just can!
God Bless and hugs galore,
mary anne

08-08-2007, 10:09 AM	#16
Mary Anne in TX Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2,357	Hi Krista! You won't believe what kept me going during the worst! My husband looked at me in the middle of the night, sitting in the bathroom in unbelieveable pain and he said to me, "You have to stop this. It's just too awful. It's not worth it." Well, that did it! I didn't feel one bit better, but it made me so mad that he would even think that I would quit, that I found some mysterious reserve of fight to carry me through! When things got tough from then on, I just remembered that awful night and the way inwhich I learned how very much I wanted to live - wanted it so bad that I was willing to feel worse than dying to get better! You made it this far! You're some kinda superwoman and you can do the rest, somehow you just can! God Bless and hugs galore, mary anne __________________ MA in TX. Grateful for each and every day.... Diag. 12/05 at age 60 Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified vascular invasion Ki67 20% borderline Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense) Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense) Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007 Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year. Port removed August, 2012. 8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!