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I was shopping in a local dept. store one afternoon and was wearing my favorite pink cowboy hat with a scarf underneath. I was minding my own business and just "shopping along" when two young women walked by and very loudy said, in a nasty way, "that must be one bad haircut. She looks ridiculous..." I turned around and smiled at both of them, took my hat off, and said, "no haircut, just a little chemo.." If I had a camera for the looks on their faces. Everyone around me stared them down and they couldn't get away fast enough. Then the most wonderful thing happened- about 10 minutes later, in the same store, a little girl that was about four said very loudly to her mom (with eyes as wide as saucers), "Look Mommy, WOW! It's a REAL cowgirl!" She was so cute. I just melted. Totally fixed the day.......
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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