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Old 09-24-2007, 07:42 AM   #15
tousled1
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Location: Acworth, GA
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No one should ever feel that they don't belong here just because of their stage of disease. It's not staging of the disease -- it's the knowledge and support we get from the amazing women on this website. No matter what stage you are or where you are in your treatment plan this site offers so much. Also, each and everyone of us has a right to complain. We didn't ask for this dreadful disease but we must deal with it. This board is about so much - knowledge, support, compassion, empathy, a shoulder to cry on, a place to complain, a place to share both good and bad days, a place when you need comfort -- just a place where you can come and be 100% yourself. Each and every woman/man who comes to this site has something worthwhile to offer and should never, never feel that for whatever reason they don't belong here. We are here for each other no matter what!
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Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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