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Lori R · 10-30-2009, 06:30 AM

The economic impacts certainly are frightening!!

The message I took away is that Lance understands how lucky he is and that the average American would not have a company to come to their rescue.

I too become very uneasy that while my employer has been supportive, my weekly Abraxane treatments and time out of the office are getting old. Certainly adds to my concern about future employment.

I agree....article is general, but hopefully it is one more (loud) voice to express the challenges that cancer warriors face. Surprisingly (my family included), there are a lot of people out there that have not been directly touched by cancer do not fully appreciate the challenges.

10-30-2009, 06:30 AM	#5
Lori R Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Evergreen, Colorado Posts: 454	Re: Cancer won't wait--by Lance Armstrong The economic impacts certainly are frightening!! The message I took away is that Lance understands how lucky he is and that the average American would not have a company to come to their rescue. I too become very uneasy that while my employer has been supportive, my weekly Abraxane treatments and time out of the office are getting old. Certainly adds to my concern about future employment. I agree....article is general, but hopefully it is one more (loud) voice to express the challenges that cancer warriors face. Surprisingly (my family included), there are a lot of people out there that have not been directly touched by cancer do not fully appreciate the challenges. __________________ 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)