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Joanne S · 01-05-2008, 11:56 PM

Congrats Chelee on your first cancerversary! I am happy for you!!!

I know how you feel about others who unfortunately just don't get it. I am truly blessed that I have a few wonderful friends who truly try to understand and support me. However, I have relatives on my husband's side that have not even acknowledged my cancer. It's as if my husband told them, I had a runny nose. It is very, very disappointing, and it hurts. They live on the other side of the state and I haven't had a bit on contact with them since prior to my diagnosis (Aug 2006) and I probably never will have contact with them again. So very sad, my brother does not understand or acknowledge my diagnosis and what I have gone through either.

Wishing you many, many, many more years of NED!
Hugs,

01-05-2008, 11:56 PM	#17
Joanne S Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Detroit Metropolitan Area, Michigan Posts: 592	Congrats Chelee on your first cancerversary! I am happy for you!!! I know how you feel about others who unfortunately just don't get it. I am truly blessed that I have a few wonderful friends who truly try to understand and support me. However, I have relatives on my husband's side that have not even acknowledged my cancer. It's as if my husband told them, I had a runny nose. It is very, very disappointing, and it hurts. They live on the other side of the state and I haven't had a bit on contact with them since prior to my diagnosis (Aug 2006) and I probably never will have contact with them again. So very sad, my brother does not understand or acknowledge my diagnosis and what I have gone through either. Wishing you many, many, many more years of NED! Hugs, __________________ Aug06...Dx Age 50, IDC Left Breast, 6+/16 lymph nodes, Stg 3, ER+/PR+/HER2+ Sep06-Jan07...Mediport. Chemo: AC x 4, T x 4 Dec06-Nov07...Herceptin Feb12,2007...Surg MRM Left & SM Right, reconstruct w/expanders Mar07-Jun07...Saline Exp Jun07...Start Tamoxifen Jun07-Aug07...Rad x 25 Jun07-Oct07...Persistent fevers-unknown origin Jun07-Nov07...PT for Severe PMPS & Capsular Contracture Nov07...Surg Capsulectomy, Gel Implants, PMPS pain gone instantly. Feb08...NED 1st CANCERVERSARY!!!!! Feb08...2 months post surgery Caps Cont again :( Mar08...Stop Tamoxifen. Start Arimidex. Apr08...Sudden high fever, Hosp ICU 10 days, staph infect, emerg surg, implants removed. Outpt IVantibiotics Daily x 6 weeks Feb11...NED 5th CANCERVERSARY!!!!! Feb12...NED 6th CANCERVERSARY!!!!! Aug12...Spotting. Surg=D&C Sep12...STAGE IV = RARE BC METS TO UTERUS ILC ER+/PR+/HER2-Negative) (Different BC than originally diagnosed = IDC ER+/PR+/HER2+). Sep12...Stop Arimidex. Start Afinitor & Aromasin. Jan13...MRI = no progression no reduction Apr13...Progression. Stop Afinitor & Aromasin. Apr13...Start Chemo: Taxol & Carboplatin. Nov13...Scans & Pelvic 95+% Reduction. Nueropathy>Stop chemo start Fareston. Jan14...PET scan = no progression stable. May14...Pelvic > Bleeding & cramps. TMs up. May14...PET scan = uterine progression :( May14...Stop Fareston. Start Chemo: Xeloda.