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Andrea Barnett Budin · 12-18-2007, 08:12 PM

When was your last comprehensive blood test? If it's been 3 mnths, I'd ask if I could come in for that at the very least. See if all the #s are as they were. No other symptoms but extreme fatigue sounds normal. Though you say that exhaustion has only been for a month or so. Your hormones are apparently all over the place, w/a pd and then none, which can be draining. Start w/bld and maybe move your doc appt up. Call tmrrw. Let us know what onc says. Stay calm. Breathe. I know. Really hard. Until you know there is something to worry about, just be vigilant and positive. Know you are doing your best to keep on top of it. Good for you for being in touch with your body. May just be the result of menstrual woes. Hold that thought.
Andi

12-18-2007, 08:12 PM	#4
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Theresaw When was your last comprehensive blood test? If it's been 3 mnths, I'd ask if I could come in for that at the very least. See if all the #s are as they were. No other symptoms but extreme fatigue sounds normal. Though you say that exhaustion has only been for a month or so. Your hormones are apparently all over the place, w/a pd and then none, which can be draining. Start w/bld and maybe move your doc appt up. Call tmrrw. Let us know what onc says. Stay calm. Breathe. I know. Really hard. Until you know there is something to worry about, just be vigilant and positive. Know you are doing your best to keep on top of it. Good for you for being in touch with your body. May just be the result of menstrual woes. Hold that thought. Andi __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...