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Re: "More than 20 lesions" - MRI report
Penny,
Well...that sucks!
Period.
I have a friend who has a habit of looking up and asking..."If this is how you treat your friends...is it any wonder you have so few of us these days?!" I mean really.
Now, having said that...I'm sure He has a plan (not willing to concede that I approve of it yet) so of course...being Penny, you'll relocate your hope, strength, resolve...and faith (but not immediately...be pissed for a bit first!) and keep going.
Lots of sage advice about the wonders of Herceptin combinations already here.
I totally get the whole income vs disability thing...but honestly...not having to juggle illness, work, and appointments...doesn't suck either. I figure, no matter how much my income gets cut...it will never be as low as when we first got married. Geez, we were like church mice. And besides...I can only handle one full time job right now,,,and 'not dying' is my current profession! 
PM if you ever want to vent, or compare miseries. One of these days we both have to be in Philly on the same day! I am soooo saving a GIANT hug for you, my friend!
Praying for you...every single day!
Denise
Oh...and BTW gals the "phrase" technically starts with W and ends with K just sayin'...but I'm totally with you on the sentiment...times infinity!
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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