Re: Embarrassing question but necessary.......
Hi Kvogler, while I am not one to answer this question, I haven't had to worry about birth control for many years...I am responding to the word "embarrassing". As much as our breasts, along with other parts have been exposed, scanned, x-rayed, poked, prodded, stabbed, cut, squeezed... you name it, checked out and handled by countless strangers...and let's not forget hair loss and hair growth in places we never wanted it....all our discussions on periods, sex, vomiting and bowel movements...we have no modesty left!! I recently went to a fall festival at a ski resort and purchased a lift ticket (the kind they scan with a scan gun) to ride the chairlift, guess where i put that sticker?...uh huh...right on my boob.....I told my friends it had been scanned so many times... what's one more. They got a kick outta that.
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05/2011 Mammogram - Clear
3/12/12 Found Lump Lt Breast (BSE).
3/13/12 44th Birthday, Mammogram, Ultrasound.
3/15/12 Needle Biopsy on Lump and Suspicious Node.
3/20/12 Dreadful "C" Word.
ER90% PR90% Her2+
1 cm, IDC, Stage 1, Grade 2
4/19/12 Portecath, Lumpectomy & Sentinel Node Removal. 0/4 Node Involvement...Yea!!
Margins Clear......Yea!!
5/17/12 Chemo Begins. TCH x 4.
Herceptin Weekly x 4, every 3 wks thereafter for 1 yr. Muga Scans every 3 mos.
8/13/12 Rads x 30
9/24/12 Start Tamoxifen
10/22/12 CT/Whole Body Bone Scan. No Cancer Detected......Yea!
1/31/13 Annual Mammogram and Ultrasound....NED....:)
5/23/13 Final Herceptin Appt
6/25/13 Port Removal
5/2017 Stop Tamoxifen (Thickening of Uterine Walls)
5/2017 Start Arimadex
6/2018 Start Lupron Shot
9/2019 Stop Arimidex and Lupron Shot
6/2020 Last Oncology Appt
4/2024 NED (No Evidence of Disease)
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