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Re: I'm all done - why depressed?
I think your emotions/mood are common. I experienced them also. You will see from some of my other posts...I had my stitches out from my exchange surgery on a Thursday morning and on Thursday afternoon my husband and I took off on a 1 1/2 week driving vacation out west. I just needed to clear my head. We went to Santa Fe, NM, Taos, Pheonix to visit friends, Grand Canyan, Flagstaff, Rocky Mountain National Park then back home to Chicago. It was alot of driving but I just needed to commune with nature to clear my head. It helped me so much. I was so vacation deprived because I was so strong through the surgery/treatment and too very little time off because I was scared of losing our health insurance etc. I suggest something to clear your head.
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DX November 2010
Brain MRI, CT of lung, liver, bone, all clear
Double Mastectomy w/expanders December 1, 2010
ER- PR- Her2+++, grade 3, 12 positive nodes out of 15
Stage IIIc
Started TCH/Chemo December 31, 2010
6 rounds TCH
Herceptin every 3 weeks for a year
33 rounds of TomoTube radiation, to chest wall, neck, skin and lymph area
September, 2011, MRI to lower spine, hips, DX bulging disk, L4 & L5, pain not from cancer
Expanders removed, implants in Dec 1, 2011
Finished Herceptin, December 21, 2011
August 2012, CT of chest and abdomen, all ok
Enrolled in MC1136 Phase I Peptide Vaccine Trial at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
March 2013, First Vaccine
April 2013, 2nd Vaccine
May 2013, 3rd Vaccine
June 2013, 4th Vaccine
July 2013, 5th Vaccine
August 2013, 6th Vaccine Done!
September 2013, Mayo visit, Echo results 68, vaccine did not effect my heart! Blood work normal.
January 31, 2013, Mayo visit, Echo normal
February 23, 2014, Numb lips on right side, Brain MRI, normal!
June, 2015, Finished the trial at Mayo Clinic. Feels good!
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