I watched the program and liked it. I'm not into "fluff" and this program didn't have any. Parts of it, obviously, were sad.
"This film makes it clear that it's very much a part of American culture to believe that if you fight hard enough, you can beat cancer. But when it comes to having metastatic cancer, your survival depends on the biology of your cancer cells, and whether they are susceptible to state-of-the-art treatment," says Garmon.
Linda Ellerbee, the host of the panel discussion at the end of the
program, stated that when she was first dx. she needed to hear
people say that they were sorry to hear this news about her. She
talked about how people quickly jump to the "fight hard" and "be positive" advice. I enjoyed the documentary and the panel discussion that
followed. I hope to get to see it again sometime.
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Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR-
Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
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