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12-27-2006, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Massillon, Ohio
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children, special christmas gifts
I had been trying to have children for years and was still trying to concieve when I was recently digonsed. This Christmas reconfirmed to me that after all this I will keep trying and possibly look into adoption and this is the reason. The children in our lives are so precious. I want to quote 2 special gifts I received from 2 children in my life this season. (both of these were done with no special input from mom or dad) complete with misspellings
Erin Vargo (my neice) age 8, beautiful folded and crayon covered card read:
If I were a gift: I would be medicine. I would give me to my Aunt Laurie. It would help her surive cancer. I am a blue and red striped pill. You would have to take me 3 times a day. One in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one at night. I would give you the best kind of medicine that I could be. I am going to give me to you because I care and I love you very much and I want you to get better.
Letter to Santa in local paper from Morgan Crum (my neighbor) age 6
Dear Santa: For Christmas I want bongo jeans, advance game boy games and Guess Who, new little luveables fluffy factory please. I want Mrs. Laurie to fill better. Merry Christmas Love, Morgan
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Laurie
Diagonsed 8/10/06 (found own lump)at 35
Her 2 +++, er-/pr-
4 A/C 8-29-06 to 11-06
Lumpectomy, node dissection- 11/30/06
Pathology report stage IIIC
1 tumor 3 cm
10 of 15 nodes +
12 Taxol 12/18/06-03/06/07
Herceptin 12/18/06- 12/11/2007 done!!! yeah!!!
33 rads started 3/22/07, done!! yeah!! 5/07/07
Lymphedema diagonsed 2/1/07
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
port out 1/10/08
pregnant after 6 yeas of trying- due mid feb.
Ryder David Kessel Hunter born feb.6th 2009
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12-27-2006, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Laurie thank you for sharing these wonderful gift's of words that you received.
How precious they are.
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Vicki
Texas
Biopsy Dx'd 3-23-05 Age 48
MRM 4-5-05 w/ 2 tumor's 5cm, and 6 cm (right side)
IDC (poorly differentiated infiltrating ductual carcinoma)
5+/16 nodes
Stage III A
Grade 3
ER/PR-, Her2/neu ++
Ki67 78%
Begin Chemo 5-2-05 4XAC Dose Dense , 4X Abraxane Dose Dense (ended August 05)
28 Rad's ended October 13 2005
Started Herceptin Weekly August 2005 for one year
Had a Simple mastectomy left side after Mamo showed incresed micro-calcifications. Jan. 17 2006.
Brain MRI Feb.2006--All Clear
August 28, 2006 Last Weekly Herceptin.
October 2006--Colonoscopy, 6 Polyp's removed--all B9
PET Scan July 2007
Abdominal MRI Oct. 2007---2 Right Kidney Cysts
Core Biopsy-- Lump on Scar Line 1-10-08---B9
Brain MRI 6-2008--All Clear
PET/CT Scan 6-2008
Sept. 8 2008, 4CM area removed from mastectomy scar line. Proved to be B9.
PET/CT Scan-- July 2009 --All clear
August 17,2009 ---Had Port Removed
6 Years NED -- April 5,2011
DX'd with Melanoma left arm 10-10-2011
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12-27-2006, 03:51 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
Posts: 4,128
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The "Littlest Angels"
Those are the dearest messages!
And I sit here perusing the posts savoring the CHEESECAKE that my 14-year-old grandson made. He went to the website called Epicurious.com and decided on this particular recipe and it turned out great with a little help from his Dad!
As Art Linklatter quipped, "Kids Say the Darndest Things" - and DO them as well.
Think I will have another small helping!
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"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau
Live in the moment.
MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~
Found suspicious lump 9/2000
Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
36 rads - very little burning
3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.
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12-27-2006, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The Hudson Valley, New York
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needed that.
Thank you
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---Kevin and Sue---
Dx'd 10/06 IDC grade III/III
Er- pr- HER2 3+
MRM right breast 12/5/06
nodes negative
same day reconstruction started
(implants)
Stage II (2.2 cm tumor)
fairly extensive DCIS
Ct and Bone scans clean
Port placement 12/26/06
AC (4 cycles DD)to begin 1/2/07
Taxol/Taxotere (4 cycles DD)
Herceptin for one year
"There is no distinction between the one who gives, the one who receives, and the gift itself."- Hahn
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12-27-2006, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Laurie
That was the best!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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12-27-2006, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Morris, IL
Posts: 3,507
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Laurie
Children are such a blessing, and they always think of others before themselves....sometimes we as adults need to be reminded of that. A close friend of mine was diagnosed at 29 with BC. Like you, she was trying to get pregnant, and got a surprise diagnosis. She had a lumpectomy, chemo and rads....just when she thought everything was behind her, she found another lump. This time she had a double mastectomy, Taxol and reconstruction. She had finished the Taxol, and 2 mos later went to the Dr. as she was still dealing with nausea. She was pregnant...then began a worried 8 months hoping the baby would be OK. 9 Months later she gave birth to a perfect little girl...she is truly the mascot for the BC support group I belong to....don't give up hope....there are little miracles around every corner.
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"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Hugs & Blessings
Sheila
Diagnosed at age 49.99999 2/21/2002 via Mammography (Calcifications)
Core Biopsy 2/22/02
L. Mastectomy 2/25/2002
Stage 1, 0.7cm IDC, Node Neg from 19 nodes Her2+++ ER PR Neg
6/2003 Reconstruction W/ Tissue Expander, Silicone Implant
9/2003 Stage IV with Mets to Supraclavicular nodes
9/2003 Began Herceptin every 3 weeks
3/2006 Xeloda 2500mg/Herceptin for recurrence to neck nodes
3/2007 Added back the Xeloda with Herceptin for continued mets to nodes
5/2007 Taken Off Xeloda, no longer working
6/14/07 Taxol/Herceptin/Avastin
3/26 - 5/28/08 Taxol Holiday Whopeeeeeeeee
5/29 2008 Back on Taxol w Herceptin q 2 weeks
4/2009 Progression on Taxol & Paralyzed L Vocal Cord from Nodes Pressing on Nerve
5/2009 Begin Rx with Navelbine/Herceptin
11/09 Progression on Navelbine
Fought for and started Tykerb/Herceptin...nodes are melting!!!!!
2/2010 Back to Avastin/Herceptin
5/2010 Switched to Metronomic Chemo with Herceptin...Cytoxan and Methotrexate
Pericardial Window Surgery to Drain Pericardial Effusion
7/2010 Back to walking a mile a day...YEAH!!!!
9/2010 Nodes are back with a vengence in neck
Qualified for TDM-1 EAP
10/6/10 Begin my miracle drug, TDM-1
Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
12/6/10 Started Halaven (Eribulen) /Herceptin excellent results in 2 treatments
2/2011 I CELEBRATE my 9 YEAR MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/5/11 begin Gemzar /Herceptin for node progression
2/8/2012 Gemzar stopped, Continue Herceptin
2/20/2012 Begin Tomo Radiation to Neck Nodes
2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
5/12/2012 BeganTaxotere/ Herceptin is my next miracle for new node progression
6/28/12 Stopped Taxotere due to pregression, Started Perjeta/Herceptin
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12-29-2006, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: indianapolis, indiana
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Kids are the most precious things. And just when you think you can't love anymore then you have a grandbaby come along. My granddaughter was born in April, and when she was just 3 weeks old my daughter got kidney stones and we got to keep her for a weekend while my daughter was in the hospital. Ever since then we've had her for at least 3 weekends of every month. Except now they are moving to Kentucky to live with her other grandma, and I feel like my heart is breaking. So whenever you get the chance, give lots of hugs to t5he kids in your lifew who mean something to you.
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01-01-2007, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: New York
Posts: 90
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Baby after breast cancer
I was diagnosed at age 31 while trying to conceive. At diagnosis I was Stage 3b her2+++. So I had ACT chemo and then one year later I got pregnant and miscarried. I then had a brain met. Well the good news is I am not on Herceptin, cancer free for 2 years and my husband and I had a baby boy via gestational surrogacy and are planning on doing it again! I believe in living your dreams.
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01-01-2007, 10:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 951
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Wonderful stories!!!!
These are wonderful posts. Tomorrow I return to my third graders. I do believe that my students have a part in why I have made it this long.
Happy New Year, Everyone!!!!!!
Barbara H.
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