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Old 07-15-2009, 05:34 AM   #1
AbbyDawg
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Thank you, Alice! Actually, we DO live in Minnesota. And we are all characters in Keilor's books! smile! Hilda is living proof that we do have a few folks here that aren't all Norvegians and Svedes.

In Frost, a nearby town (population 180) where I used to live and all my relatives are from, we have an old athletic field that partially fills with water in one corner every time it rains hard. We lovingly call it Lake OnceInAwhile. Honest.

Town pranksters have been known to "decorate" it now and then: once a clawfoot bathtub showed up in the middle of the "lake", the next day a lady mannequin was in the tub waving to passers-by, once a boat, another time a shark fin, various No Fishing signs, a Lake OnceInAwhile sign, etc.

Uffda! Ya shure, yew betcha, we really dew exist!
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Her2pos - FISH
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No Herceptin (dx Her2+ too late)
Arimidex
TEACH Trial - Tykerb 9 mo

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Old 07-15-2009, 05:42 AM   #2
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LOL!! There is something so special about small town America that is missing in the big towns I have lived in.

I am a Lutheran half-breed!! My mother was German (her first American roots were from Pennsylvania) and my dad was Scandinavian (first American roots were from Wisconsin), a half-breed himself . . . half Norwegian and half Swedish. What a scandal
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9/15/08 (age 52) - Mammo: calcifications
9/22/08 - Biopsy: DCIS, grade 3. ER,PR status: Pos. in 75-90% of tumor cells.
10/01/08 - Ob/Gyn appt.: found complex, mostly cystic mass on right ovary - 11cmx12cmx 8cm
10/15/08 - Hysterectomy & Oophorectomy, Lumpectomy: Cyst on uterus, not ovary - all was benign. Breast - 5 of 6 bad margins. 2 Sentinel Lymph nodes removed, both negative. Stage 0, Tis, N0
12/11/08 - Mastectomy & DIEP reconstruction: Surprise! 2 cm Invasive DC, grade 2 found. One benign internal mammary lymph node. Stage 1, T1c, N0, all clean margins. ER+ (Proportion Score = 2/5, Intensity Score = 2/3) and PR+(Proportion Score = 3/5, Intensity Score = 2/3)
HER2 score = 3+
1/09/09 - Oncotype DX: Recurrence S/core of 60 !?!?! ER status is NEG!! PR staus is NEG! HER2 score = 12.2 (still positive, greater than 11.5 is positive).
1/20/09 - Started chemo: TCH
5/26/09 - FINISHED CHEMO!
1/05/10 - FINISHED HERCEPTIN!
1/22/10 - Port-a-catheter removed!
3/07/18 - Still NED
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Old 07-15-2009, 05:48 AM   #3
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No wonder you are so lovely!

I am 100% Norwegian. Well ... honestly, I am one-eighth Swede but my Mom told me to never tell anyone. wink
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Dx 5/16/06
Dbl Mast 6/1/06 - no reconstruction
DCIS & IDC - both Grade 3
Node Neg
Her2pos - FISH
4x A/C (dd) w/ Neulasta next day x4
No Herceptin (dx Her2+ too late)
Arimidex
TEACH Trial - Tykerb 9 mo

(also have MS)
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