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Old 06-23-2012, 09:28 PM   #1
Jackie07
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Will you do the same?

"After my double mastectomy, I half-jokingly raised the question: "Would I still get a ticket if I go topless in the public considering now I'm truly 'flat'?!" Hubby didn't give me an answer, but he has since been paying more attention to my 'attire' before I walk out of the door... "

The above sentence was written in an e-mail to one of my new friends about 6 months ago. Imagine the reaction I had when I saw the news/picture below:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/seattle-bre...7#.T-SESRfx0UU
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N ICU 4.4 lb
Erythema Nodosum 85
Cntrl Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm Craniotomy 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infert. tmts 99 > 3 uterine fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmpctmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tmxfn
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
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H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti (Yoga)
Tmxfn Bone scan
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Colonoscopy 313
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hepatic hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hyst/oo 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912
DEXA 1/13

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Old 06-23-2012, 10:09 PM   #2
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Re: Will you do the same?

Jackie - This story has been all over the news and talk radio here. The fact that the woman is making this bigger than herself bothers me a bit. I just wish she would enjoy her swims and be a quiet role model.

This may be a case that now she has the permission, actions would speak louder than words.
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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 Jan 2013 - on wing & prayer
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Old 06-25-2012, 07:29 PM   #3
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Re: Will you do the same?

Thought this picture was neat (discreet? ...
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N ICU 4.4 lb
Erythema Nodosum 85
Cntrl Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm Craniotomy 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infert. tmts 99 > 3 uterine fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmpctmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tmxfn
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - cmprssn slv & glv
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti (Yoga)
Tmxfn Bone scan
Irritable bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hepatic hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hyst/oo 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912
DEXA 1/13

"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa

Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe
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