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Lori R · 01-07-2013, 07:16 PM

Chiming in to add to everyone elses's input... your nails will return.

I had a flare up on an oozing nail and went to the emergency room to have it removed. For some reason it was the last straw. I was done with taxotere a couple of weeks earlier and was anxious to be on the mend. THEN....with plans scheduled with friends I hadn't seen for a long time, I end up in the emergency room. I just sat there and cried, (no...not tears down the cheeks...sobs, a few gasps in there for dramatic effect) apologizing to the young ER doc. While sweet, she had know idea the depth of my dispair.

Wow...long winded point. It may seem trivial but it isn't. AND, Your nails will return. Even after being removed.

Sending rays of warming sunshine to sooth you.

Lori

01-07-2013, 07:16 PM	#5
Lori R Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Evergreen, Colorado Posts: 454	Re: Black lifting nails Chiming in to add to everyone elses's input... your nails will return. I had a flare up on an oozing nail and went to the emergency room to have it removed. For some reason it was the last straw. I was done with taxotere a couple of weeks earlier and was anxious to be on the mend. THEN....with plans scheduled with friends I hadn't seen for a long time, I end up in the emergency room. I just sat there and cried, (no...not tears down the cheeks...sobs, a few gasps in there for dramatic effect) apologizing to the young ER doc. While sweet, she had know idea the depth of my dispair. Wow...long winded point. It may seem trivial but it isn't. AND, Your nails will return. Even after being removed. Sending rays of warming sunshine to sooth you. Lori __________________ 2007 Oct - Diagnosed - Stage IV 5 c.m. IDC - Left Side er/pr- Her2+++ Node + 2/14 - Single Liver Met Double Mastectomy Nov - Begin T+H 2008 Feb-Complete 6 cycles- T&H- NED March - Continue - Herceptin Only April - Rads for 6 weeks 2009 Continue Herceptin - Continue NED April - Recurrance- 3 cm. Liver Met May - Cryosurgery June - November - Abraxane + Herceptin Aug - PET/CT - CTC = 0 Back to NED 2010 January - Continue NED July - Recurrance - 3 cm Liver Met CTC=1 August - Cryosurgery #2 August - November Navelbine November - Back to NED - End Navelbine 2011 Feb - Recur - 4 cm Liver Met - Same Left Lobe March Surgery it is -Couldn't get a clean margin July - Confirmed continued liver involvement August - Begin Herceptin + Tykerb October - Mixed results from H+T Add Abraxane + H + T - Nov - April 2012 January PET Scan - It's working!! April - Back to NED July - Recurrance August - Begin TDM-1 Trial (Taxol + TDM-1)