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harrie · 03-17-2009, 11:30 PM

My personal observations with my friends... I have 3 women friends that had BC approx 10 yrs ago. One was in her early 30s and the other 2 in their early 40s. All had chemo tx. They all look absolutely great, without exaggeration. There is no sign at all of advanced aging for their age, in fact, they all look rather young for their ages.
When I was ready to begin my chemo, I use to look at all 3 of them and tell myself, if they did it and be as healthy and look as beautiful like they do now, I surely can do it too. So I did it.

03-17-2009, 11:30 PM	#14
harrie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hilo, Hawaii Posts: 1,867	My personal observations with my friends... I have 3 women friends that had BC approx 10 yrs ago. One was in her early 30s and the other 2 in their early 40s. All had chemo tx. They all look absolutely great, without exaggeration. There is no sign at all of advanced aging for their age, in fact, they all look rather young for their ages. When I was ready to begin my chemo, I use to look at all 3 of them and tell myself, if they did it and be as healthy and look as beautiful like they do now, I surely can do it too. So I did it. __________________ * MARYANNE * aka HARRIECANARIE 1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads 1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen 2006: BRCA 2 positive Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm) Grade: intermediate sentinal node biopsy: neg HER2/neu amplified 4.7 ER+/PR+ TOPO II neg Oncotype dx 20 Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction oophorectomy 2007: 6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin) finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07 Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr Femara