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Becky · 03-17-2009, 02:22 PM

Dear Lee

Who knows if treatment hurries along ageing. Who knows what we would look like without having bc happen to us - maybe alittle better but maybe alot worse. After all, many of us need to moisturize during treatment and then it becomes a habit. To avoid recurrence or a new bc, we eat better and exercise more. We enjoy things more and are happier about happy things and not so down in the mouth about bad things (there aren't as many bad things - I remember when thinking that not having someone ask me to the prom was the worst thing that could ever happen to me

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Rest, recovery, and being with my DH and the fam are better than any wrinkle. No matter how long it lasts!

PS - and there is always Botox

03-17-2009, 02:22 PM	#13
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Dear Lee Who knows if treatment hurries along ageing. Who knows what we would look like without having bc happen to us - maybe alittle better but maybe alot worse. After all, many of us need to moisturize during treatment and then it becomes a habit. To avoid recurrence or a new bc, we eat better and exercise more. We enjoy things more and are happier about happy things and not so down in the mouth about bad things (there aren't as many bad things - I remember when thinking that not having someone ask me to the prom was the worst thing that could ever happen to me) Rest, recovery, and being with my DH and the fam are better than any wrinkle. No matter how long it lasts! PS - and there is always Botox __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think" Last edited by Becky; 03-17-2009 at 02:23 PM.. Reason: Add a P.S.