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Re: Eight is GREAT!!!
Denise - that's what I've been doing so far and your thinking on it is exactly right. So many dates that I can't seem to let go of-March 1 (found lump), March 9 (got diagnosis), March 31st (bi-lateral mx), May 25 (started chemo) - etc. But I like the idea of counting from that first day when the battle began. March would be my most unfavorite month but it also contains my mom's birthday, our wedding anniversary (42 this year), and my best friends birthday so it ain't all bad. But isn't that they way life goes - guess it's all about balance. I once complained that 2010 was the worst year of my life and my daughter reminded me that it was the year that I beat cancer. She said " I think that makes it the best year of your life". Smart girl.
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Joni -64 yrs old -
3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast
3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated
3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear
3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side
4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides
5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo
07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side.
07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin
08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont.
12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks
4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc.
5/2011 - NED!!! port out.
8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED
7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed.
2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.
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