I've written a note in the journal that accompanied the travellers but yes, it appears that Tip decided to make an offering to the bald and beautiful golden Buddha goddess at Hase Shrine (which had a big "no photographs sign or we'd have posted one of the kindred souls together). Either that, or that Lucky God with the pot belly decided he'd like some hair for a change. It was a case of hair one moment, gone the next. We searched in vain and asked Tiptoe but she only smiled shyly.
I let Tiptoe post in my blog http://sugio.blogspot.com/ tonight with some comments on the photos which I still can't figure out how to post here. Is it my chemo brain?
I'm relieved that you have more so Tip won't have to suffer without her extension for too long.
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Kathy S in Tokyo (44)
11/2004 partial masectomy (clear margins) - ER/PR++ HER+++
12/2004 Tamoxifen
11/2005 Clavicle & neck lymph nodes mets
30 Days rads, 7 months CEF-T Chemo
6/2006 mid chemo lung mets oral toremifene
10/2006 changed hospitals
12/2006 Tamoxifen and monthly Zoladex
2/2007 Dramatic growth of mets! Stopped Tamoxifen and Zoladex
3/2007 Began weekly Herceptin
6/2007 Added weekly Taxol to regime
4/2008 More lung mets - stopped Taxol
5/2008 Xeloda - 3 weeks on 1 week off
8/2008 Got a port!
9/2008 Stopped Xeloda, started weekly Navelbine
12/2008 Tumor progression, stopped Navelbine
1/2009 Taxotere begins again, once in every three weekly Herceptin IVs
3/2009 Added Zometa pelvic bone met, lung tumors progressing, stopped Taxotere/Herceptin
4/10/2009 Whoa seizure! 6cm&3cm brain mets. craniotomy and gamma knife surgery 5/15/2009 Started Adria/Cyto stopped 9/15 due to progession. Brain mets back 10/28 surgery more gamma soon
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