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sassy · 09-26-2012, 09:17 PM

I was fortunate enough to share a couple of those dinners in San Antonio with Brenda who introduced me to mole sauce.

I would guess that Brenda's "favorite" treatment was the infamous "wack-a-mole" for brain mets!

Brenda had a "take no prisoners" attitude. I remember her more or less stalking one of the more prominent oncologists in San Antonio to elicit his help. And of course he complied!

Its hard to imagine that Brenda won't turn this around and once again flash that fantastic smile.

Really hard.

09-26-2012, 09:17 PM	#11
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	Re: Tribute to Brenda (Hutchibk) I was fortunate enough to share a couple of those dinners in San Antonio with Brenda who introduced me to mole sauce. I would guess that Brenda's "favorite" treatment was the infamous "wack-a-mole" for brain mets! Brenda had a "take no prisoners" attitude. I remember her more or less stalking one of the more prominent oncologists in San Antonio to elicit his help. And of course he complied! Its hard to imagine that Brenda won't turn this around and once again flash that fantastic smile. Really hard. __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!