Hi Brenda,
it was swell to get a letter from you when I got up before starting X.
I had extra early breakfast then I took my 3 500mg pills.
I'm going to run out to get the B-6 and what you recommended the Bentonite Clay and the Carob powder. How about chocolate? Could that be a natural remedy for the divas? (I remember my Grandmother used to blame chocolate for constipation in any of us grandchildren, hmm)
I'll just try to cook and organize things today and wait for the Fedex guy.
Oh and of course confer with my social worker about coverage of X.
Your lighthearted approach encourages me too.
I can picture you a sprightly octogenarian with two beautiful cats patrolling the property. Your little great grandson asking: Gramama why are the cats called Tykerb and Xeloda? You would reply with a story about the twin champions (dispatched by you the queen) who conquered evil Canceribaldus.
Wishing you and all of you brave queen and princess warriors a great day,
Odette
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May 18, 2006 Age 52,
Diagnosed infiltrating ductal carcinoma
er/pr- HER2 + 3.9 by FISH
June-August 2006 AC chemo
August-October 2006 Taxotere + Herceptin
November 18, 2006 Mastectomy 16 involved lymph nodes
Jan 2, 2007 start radiation
Stage IV, Jan 12, 2007 recurrence in cervical lymph nodes while on Herceptin, stopped Herceptin
Rad oncologist extended the radiation field, good response
Started Tykerb Xeloda on beginning of May 2007
Progression to lungs and conglomerate lymphadenopathy July 2007
Undecided about next treatment
'One does not get to choose one's adventures'
I'm experimenting with my diet, using green tea, flax seed curry and olive oil
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