I'm here and missing you.
Hey ladies and gentlemen! Just finally checking in after a long time of being way too busy in school, but doing well and loving it. It's been almost 3 years since my initial diagnosis and I am still cancer free and will graduate this June at age 34 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a minor in Nonprofit Administration. I'm teaching dance and looking for work with a nonprofit in Eugene, OR. My family is well and it feels so good to be dancing again. The extra weight is still the only lingering after effect of treatment that bothers me. I'm still really happy with my non--reconstructed bilateral choice.
I'll be checking in more often in the near future. Thanks for being here.
Love you all, Celeste
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"Dancers Against Cancer" in the Eugene, OR Komen Race for the Cure 2010
Diagnosed 8/7/08 with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, micropapillary pattern, Her2 3+, ER+,PR-, grade II, positive lymph nodes.
Received 6doses of Taxotere, Carboplatin with Herceptin continuing for a year...DONE.
1/28/09 Left Modified Radical Mastectomy, Right Simple Mastectomy.
Surgery pathology: No invasive carcinoma present and 17 lymph nodes removed all negative! Only small amount of carcinoma in situ in left breast.
March/April '09, Radiation to left chest wall.
Currently involved in Neratinib clinical trial.
"Well being I won
and wisdom too,
I grew and joyed in my growth;
from a word to a word
I was led to a word
from a deed to another deed." (Odin)
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