Re: Support group advice
I am six years out and I go to the Wellness Community. During treatment, when I could, I went to weekly support group for people in treatment. All cancers were in the group. When treatment was over, I joined a breast cancer survivors group. You had to be a few months out treatment. It meets twice a month and has a paid, professional facilitator. She's a licensed MSW. However she's very down to earth and is very much part of the group. Longest survivor in there is 10 years. We don't have any kind of agenda or curriculum. A lot of the time we don't talk about cancer at all. We've had a few recurrences and all agreed the women should stay in group if they want to. We're on Facebook--Friends On The Mend
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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