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bejuce · 02-24-2014, 11:42 PM

Thank you all ladies!!! Yes, it's wonderful to have gotten to this point and I'm counting my blessings every day. Bejuce is the combination of letters from my 3 kids who are now 11, 9 and 7. My 7-year-old has no memories of my breast cancer and my 9-year-old doesn't remember much either. My 11-year-old (almost 12 really) knows what we went through but has learned in middle school that there are other kids whose mom had breast cancer as well. In fact, there are 2 other kids in her class. They discovered their common bond when one day they were placed together in the same table group and the girls were wondering why the boy had a pink binder...

I took my picture down when I decided to leave my then job (which became a nightmare after I got sick) and interview for my now current job (where no one knows I had cancer hence my private profile picture showing our dog). I still had my wig on at the time. It's been a long journey and now I'm contemplating reconstruction. I'm happy to be alive and well and I'm looking forward to many, many more adventures and time with my family.

I dream of becoming a grandma one day and coming back to this site to read all about your adventures too!

Much love,

Marcia

02-24-2014, 11:42 PM	#26
bejuce Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 510	Re: Saying thanks... 5 years!!! Thank you all ladies!!! Yes, it's wonderful to have gotten to this point and I'm counting my blessings every day. Bejuce is the combination of letters from my 3 kids who are now 11, 9 and 7. My 7-year-old has no memories of my breast cancer and my 9-year-old doesn't remember much either. My 11-year-old (almost 12 really) knows what we went through but has learned in middle school that there are other kids whose mom had breast cancer as well. In fact, there are 2 other kids in her class. They discovered their common bond when one day they were placed together in the same table group and the girls were wondering why the boy had a pink binder... I took my picture down when I decided to leave my then job (which became a nightmare after I got sick) and interview for my now current job (where no one knows I had cancer hence my private profile picture showing our dog). I still had my wig on at the time. It's been a long journey and now I'm contemplating reconstruction. I'm happy to be alive and well and I'm looking forward to many, many more adventures and time with my family. I dream of becoming a grandma one day and coming back to this site to read all about your adventures too! Much love, Marcia __________________ ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3 Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding. March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin 08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy) 08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best! September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda 02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy 05/27/10 - Bone scan clear 06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found 07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin! 02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial 03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay! 10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin