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Re: Great Insight...Found in "PracticeUpdate"
Here you go - you need to register (or at least it prompted me to register). I didn't, but here is the link Susan referenced
http://www.practiceupdate.com/Explor...pinion/?id=318
The title does remind me of the times I would call my oncology nurse assistance line when I was having severe bouts of diarrhea from chemo and was really insistent on stronger meds than imodium. My onc later told me that the nurses were scared of me. Better to have them scared than to make light of my health concerns (and I told her that). The BRAT diet gets old really fast ;-).
We are our own strongest advocates and need to do everything and learn everything we can to fight this stinking disease.
Best,
(opinionated) Janis
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March, 2000: 48, Post menopausal (5 yrs HRT) Left breast, IDC 3mm/DCIS 1.6cm, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, mod differentiated, MIB low, lumpectomy, node neg via SNB, rads=33 Stage 1a
June, 2000: Tamox 4.5 years,Femara for 5 years (end in Jan. 2010)
Sept, 2012: 61, Via mamm, ultrasound, biopsy, right breast, 2.3cm tumor, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, poorly diff, KI67 60-70%
BRCA 1 and 2 negative
October, 2012: Bi Mast with tissue expanders, port placement
Final Path: IDC 2.8cm, DCIS, 1/4 sentinal nodes positive (@#$%). Stage IIB
Nov 29, 2012: Begin TCH/6x/every 3 wks, H for 1 year/every 3 weeks.
March 14, 2013: Finished chemo
April 9, 2013: Begin radiation 28x
May 22, 2013: Finished rads
June 1st, 2013: Started Aromasin for 5 yrs.
July 15, 2013: Switched to Letrozole (Femara). Probably for the rest of my life
October 16, 2013: Exchange surgery
October 31, 2013: Finished Herceptin
December 5, 2013: Port removed
Glad this year is over!
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