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Thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, everyone! Your supportive comments have been boosting my confidence so much.
My instincts are telling me to do this. It's been rattling around in the back of my mind for a few months, now, and when a very intuitive nurse at my pre-op anesthesia visit casually got me talking about it, I just got an overwhelming feeling I needed to push for it.
Making the decision also makes me feel empowered. I feel like I'm connecting the dots myself and taking charge of my own treatment. It's sort of a life lesson in assertiveness. I really like those words, "hit the cancer while it is weak and you are strong." Now I'm just so anxious for the surgery date to get here! We've postponed it enough already! At least I'm still on Herceptin. That makes me feel a little better.
I appreciate your generosity sharing these intimate details. I'm sure others reading it may benefit, too. We are powerful weapons in this battle, not victims.
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"Dancers Against Cancer" in the Eugene, OR Komen Race for the Cure 2010
Diagnosed 8/7/08 with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, micropapillary pattern, Her2 3+, ER+,PR-, grade II, positive lymph nodes.
Received 6doses of Taxotere, Carboplatin with Herceptin continuing for a year...DONE.
1/28/09 Left Modified Radical Mastectomy, Right Simple Mastectomy.
Surgery pathology: No invasive carcinoma present and 17 lymph nodes removed all negative! Only small amount of carcinoma in situ in left breast.
March/April '09, Radiation to left chest wall.
Currently involved in Neratinib clinical trial.
"Well being I won
and wisdom too,
I grew and joyed in my growth;
from a word to a word
I was led to a word
from a deed to another deed." (Odin)
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