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Looking forward to treatment #2
Looking forward to treatment #2, well that is not true but I really want to get on with it now. Thank you for all your support and yes, I am aware of the fact that I need to come here and communicate. It helps to read and write here. It is easy once started into the chemo to become a hermit, I think. After the initial bad reaction the first day I just felt better and better. I had such a good appetite at one point that I thought, "Oh no, I am going to gain weight on chemo!" Golly, lose my breasts, lose my hair.....gain 20lbs....now that would be just plain nasty. Shaved my head in prep as I would like to feel in charge of one thing. I keep forgetting I have done it, think I have my hair up in a ponytail. I ran out so as to not miss the garbage man the other day and he kept staring at me and acting shy. I wondered if he had never seen a woman in a housecoat before but then realized he was very uncomfortable with my baldness....sigh. I go this Monday to be assessed as to whether or not I need radiation and after a 3 hour appt I think I will agree to anything they suggest, yikes! I have read on here about the different treatments and wonder if A/C followed by T/Herceptin, then just Herceptin is still a much used treatment in the US or are we archaic in Canada? Thanks again for all your well wishes and support. Carolyn
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12/17/08 biopsy after two 6 mos mammo recalls
12/30/08 diagnosed high grade IDC & DCIS ER/PR +, Her2 (+++) post menopausal/age 57
1/15/09 double mastectomy/skin sparing; no evidence of vascular/lymphatic invasion, 8neg/8 nodes (tumor 8.0mm)
2/16/09 given portacath/removed 4/30/10
2/18/09 "surprise" 2.0mm tumor/positive borders~completed 28 rads 10/09.
2/23/09 until 4/19/10~treatments every 3wks (4 Cytoxan + Adriamycin, 4 Taxol + Herceptin, 13 Herceptin alone)
8/09 osteoporosis diagnosis/Zometa 3 yrs of 1x/6 months
Chemo side effects; Deafness, kidney function loss
11/09 began Aromatase Inhibitor (Femara)/Feb2014, stopped Femara early/after 3 mos began Tamoxifen for 8 mos to complete 5 years
11/10 Reconstruction, directly to silicone implants
12/11 nipples by skin graft/Right breast size reduced
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me!
Dr. Seuss
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