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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Philly Suburbs
Posts: 1,709
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Re: story about my cancer story in local newspaper
Wow!
What a terrific article! Such a beautiful portrait of you, and your wonderful family. (Seriously, could your granddaughters be any cuter?! And they obviously adore their "granny"!) And good for you! coaching soccer...with everything else that's happened! You are an amazing woman, my friend!
I laughed when I saw your mohawk picture! I did the same thing! I went to a "bob", then the Madame Hooch, from Harry Potter, then a mohawk...then the Sinead O'Connor, and finally the Michael Jordan. I wanted to have fun with it, and like you...to be in control. Goofy me, I'm not as clever as you are...I didn't take pictures.
I can't tell you how grateful I am that you shared this. You made my day! I've been feeling a little down, over the last couple of days (tired of being tired...healing from surgery...nothing major) and this article about you, and the way you kicked cancer to the curb...was just what I needed.
Bonita, once again, you are my inspiration!
As a fellow stage IIIc, ER/PR neg survivor...your "good fortune" reminds me that I can do this! My "good fortune" is waiting just around the "crook in the road".  Which reminds me...God Bless your husband, Scott! What a blessing to have a man like him in your life! And clearly, he treasures you!
Thanks again for sharing this!
Be well!
Denise
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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