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Oh, Andi, once again you are a pathfinder! I have felt the stirrings of your thoughts and have wondered what was happening. How brave and forthright you are to take this step.
When I was 5 the doctors told my mom that if she picked me up and took me to doctors all over Houston to investigate my health that I would die. (Rheumatic fever, inbed for 5 months, shots daily...no improvement). My mom picked me up (forgetting shoes and belt) and off we went. How grateful I am to have been raised by such a courageous woman.
You're so brave and such a fighter and giver. Not easy what you are about to do. I've pondered such and have not yet found the power to do it yet. But I know that I must also.
I'm not sure what lays ahead, but I know too that I must experience it.
You're simply the best, Andi. Wherever this life leads you, you will take my prayers and well wishes for fulfilling your destiny. You know.... "to those to whom much is given......."
God's blessings on you always, ma
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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