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Re: Kvetching
Thank you all for sharing this as I have had the same feelings. Heaping a bit of guilt on myself for not being as sensitive and aware as when first diagnosed. It would be nice to keep the hightened awareness but it is probably an unatural state. Time marches on. It is a mixed blessing, isn't it, to have "regular" reactions again.
I had a holiday party last week and a fellow patient and friend was helping me put out food. We started to obsess over the arrangement and then I said "we are cancer survivors, who gives a s#@* over how the crackers are placed!" So, I AM learning that 'good is good enough'.....
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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