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How to be Supportive
Dear Friends:
To open up this new forum, I think it would be appropriate to ask the most important question for a caregiver; How can you be supportive? I would love to have any thoughts or ideas. Even from our brave warriors, what did you find supportive and what did we do that just annoyed you?
My hope is that this thread will be helpful to the spouses of the newly diagnosed and that each spouse doesn't have to start from scratch, and instead can learn from the experience of those who went before you.
Thanks for participating,
Lee
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This happened to Colleen:
Diagnosed in September 2007
ER-/PR-/HER2 Neu+++ 2.1 cm x .9 cm spicluted tumor with three fingers, Stage 2B
Sentinal node biopsy and lymph node removal with 3/18 positive in October 2007
4 TAC infusions
lumpectomy March 2008, bad margins
Re-excision on June 3rd, 2008 with clean margins
Fitted for compression sleeve July 16, 2008
Started the first of two TCH infusions August 14, 2008
Done with chemo and now a member of the blue dot club 9/17/08
Starting radiation October 1, 2008
life is still on hold
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