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Re: Hospital stay & Hair Loss...makes for a full week:(
Dear Jessica,
I have been thinking of you and while not pleased by the news of surprise challenges you amaze me with your fight!!
Your thoughts about waiting a week to physically and emotionally recharge sounds like a solid plan. We are so programmed to push and push to beat back this disease. Sometimes we just need a break.
I too ended up in the hospital with a blood infection and IV antibiotics while on taxotere. I remember going to the bathroom and seeing my bald head in the mirror and all of the IV gear and just breaking down. So, please know that others share the pain of hair loss and the grief that this journey brings. You are not alone!!!
Thinking of you frequently....Lori
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2007
Oct - Diagnosed - Stage IV 5 c.m. IDC - Left Side er/pr- Her2+++ Node + 2/14 - Single Liver Met Double Mastectomy Nov - Begin T+H 2008
Feb-Complete 6 cycles- T&H- NED
March - Continue - Herceptin Only
April - Rads for 6 weeks
2009
Continue Herceptin - Continue NED
April - Recurrance- 3 cm. Liver Met
May - Cryosurgery
June - November - Abraxane + Herceptin
Aug - PET/CT - CTC = 0 Back to NED
2010
January - Continue NED
July - Recurrance - 3 cm Liver Met CTC=1
August - Cryosurgery #2
August - November Navelbine
November - Back to NED - End Navelbine
2011
Feb - Recur - 4 cm Liver Met - Same Left Lobe
March Surgery it is -Couldn't get a clean margin
July - Confirmed continued liver involvement
August - Begin Herceptin + Tykerb
October - Mixed results from H+T
Add Abraxane + H + T - Nov - April
2012
January PET Scan - It's working!!
April - Back to NED
July - Recurrance
August - Begin TDM-1 Trial (Taxol + TDM-1)
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