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AlaskaAngel · 11-20-2012, 09:10 AM

It is a really helpful personal account for those who are in the process of choosing initial therapies and getting through it.

I'd need to read her works to see whether she has any personal diagnosis and experience in dealing with recurrence or mets, loss of sexuality, economic impacts, and weight gain over time as she ages. Many of us have very little information about those things at the time when we are making choices with initial treatment and recovery.

AlaskaAngel

11-20-2012, 09:10 AM	#4
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: Interview with a breast surgeon with breast cancer It is a really helpful personal account for those who are in the process of choosing initial therapies and getting through it. I'd need to read her works to see whether she has any personal diagnosis and experience in dealing with recurrence or mets, loss of sexuality, economic impacts, and weight gain over time as she ages. Many of us have very little information about those things at the time when we are making choices with initial treatment and recovery. AlaskaAngel __________________ Dx 2002 age 51 bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother. ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3 IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3 Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen Rads necrosis BRCA 1 & 2 negative Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3 Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI NED