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Old 11-16-2010, 10:23 PM   #10
Trish
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Re: Grieving already

Thank you for that story Kiri's mum.When I was dignosed with mets in 2006 I told the onc I wasn't interested in the survival stats (they are just sooo dated) but wanted to know that there was at least one person in a similar situation to me who had survived for a long time-say 20 years. He said yes and that was enough for me (the median is not the message as....famously said-chemobrain alert- I've forgotten the name of the famous scientist who said that 18 years after his 18 month prognosis! ). I particularly loved the bit in your story about the lover, the VW and Majorca.
May there be many more relatives and friends like Biddy and sdh.
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oopherectomy, Arimedex
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liver mets largest 9cm
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Herceptin,
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Taxol + Herc
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