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Re: Can anybody help please?
I know exactly what she is going through - I went through the same thing and did not realize I was in a form of PTSD. A doctor asked me how I felt after seeing him for some physical pains and I started to cry uncontrollably. I have always kept a positive outlook all through my treatments and surgery but the depression crept up on me unexpectedly and undetected. It's so understandable after all we go through and it is a necessity that we seek some form of mental therapy afterwards. I was put on an anti-depressant. It did not work well for me, but others have had success. Talking it out was my best route so if she does not want to do drugs, sounds like she is going a good route with the Behavioral Therapy. Good luck to her, she will get through it!
Jessica
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11/17/10 - Diagnosed with 4.5cm tumor in right breast, IDC, Stage 2, Nuclear grade 2, ER+ PR+ HER2+
12/13/10 - Lymph node biopsy - negative
12/28/10 - Started neo-adjuvant treatment along with clinical trial with 4 rounds of AC chemo every 3 weeks
3/15/11 - Began weekly Taxol/Herceptin infusions along with 750mg of Tykerb taken by mouth daily
6/28/11 - Finished last cycle of Taxol
7/27/11 - Breast MRI shows tumor has dissolved, remarkable reaction to chemo
8/31/11 - Lumpectomy, Sentinel Node biopsy. Node negative, clear margins, 7mm of cancer left over from chemo.
10/05/11 - Started radiation, 5 days a week for 7 weeks.
11/8/11 - Finished radiation
3/21/12 - Last Herceptin!
3/26/12 - Port removed!
Tamoxifen for 5 years
8/4/15 - Hysterectomy & bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Due to large fibroids. No cancer!
8/8/15 - Started Arimidex
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