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Re: ~This Sounds So Terrible Of Me, Please Forgive Me
Dear, Dear, Sweet Loving Marie,
Please do not apologize for expressing the realities a caregiver faces in supporting a loved one through an arduous journey. As always you are an inspiration and your honesty in regards to this difficult challenge continues to humble me.
OH Marie, Mighty Oak is so fortunate to have somone that loves him as much as you do. And also someone who has had the strength of character to slug it out day after day.
I wish so much that we could help carry the baggage for this journey, even for a moment to give you some respite. I encourage you to seek out sources of respite locally. Maybe some of the other care givers on the board can offer up some real world coping strategies.
You are an AMAZING person and we are all honored to know you.
Lots of Love.....Lori
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2007
Oct - Diagnosed - Stage IV 5 c.m. IDC - Left Side er/pr- Her2+++ Node + 2/14 - Single Liver Met Double Mastectomy Nov - Begin T+H 2008
Feb-Complete 6 cycles- T&H- NED
March - Continue - Herceptin Only
April - Rads for 6 weeks
2009
Continue Herceptin - Continue NED
April - Recurrance- 3 cm. Liver Met
May - Cryosurgery
June - November - Abraxane + Herceptin
Aug - PET/CT - CTC = 0 Back to NED
2010
January - Continue NED
July - Recurrance - 3 cm Liver Met CTC=1
August - Cryosurgery #2
August - November Navelbine
November - Back to NED - End Navelbine
2011
Feb - Recur - 4 cm Liver Met - Same Left Lobe
March Surgery it is -Couldn't get a clean margin
July - Confirmed continued liver involvement
August - Begin Herceptin + Tykerb
October - Mixed results from H+T
Add Abraxane + H + T - Nov - April
2012
January PET Scan - It's working!!
April - Back to NED
July - Recurrance
August - Begin TDM-1 Trial (Taxol + TDM-1)
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