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02-17-2008, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In the woods in RI
Posts: 6
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First mammogram after dx - not great...
I've been reading a lot of post here and notice how supportive you all are. I went for my 1 st mammogram this week, now that chemo and radiation are behind me, and am now scheduled for a biopsy on friday. There are some "calcifications" that could be harmless or could be dcis, in the same area of my original lumpectomy. Has this happened to anyone here? I just finished radiation at the end of January. Needless to say, the waiting is not fun, and I don't want to tell my family (except my husband who was with me) until I know what to tell them. Sometimes it sure is hard to pretend that all is going well...
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Marie
dx 7/9/07 at age 50
Right Breast Lumpectomy 7/26/07
Stage T1cN0Mx
IDC & DCIS 1.8 cm Grade 3
Sentinal node biopsy 3 of 3 negative
ER+PR+Her2+(3.8)
4 rounds A/C final 11/15/07
52 weeks herceptin (12/2007)
33 radiation (12/2007)
5 years tamoxifen
"Seven days without prayer makes one weak"
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02-17-2008, 05:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: "Love never fails."
Posts: 5,808
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Marie,
As you can see from my signature, you and I both had very similar situation when our BC was first diagnosed. I would rather to have your situation 3, 4 years ago than to find out the recurrence with a 2+ cm tumor growing out of the surgical site. I know the shocking feeling. And how fatigued you must be right now just after the treatment. But trust me, it's better to find it sooner than later. Best wishes to you. Visit this site often to draw strength from the old-timers. There are some truly amazing women (and men) here.
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Jackie07
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html
http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2
NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"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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02-17-2008, 05:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: "Love never fails."
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And I am not saying that they will find anything but calcification...
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Jackie07
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html
http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2
NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"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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02-17-2008, 06:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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Dear Marie,
I can't relate as far as finding calcifications in the same breast that I had cancer in (because I had my breast removed) but when chemo and radiation were completed it was time for a mammogram of my remaining breast. An area of calcification was found near the chest wall in that breast and they wanted to biopsy the area also. It totally freaked me out.
Well, long story short..............the biosply was benign - thank God - and yours may be as well. I pray it is.
The waiting is the hardest part. Once we know what's going on we can deal with it and move on.
Love and Peace to you Marie,
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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02-18-2008, 05:58 AM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In the woods in RI
Posts: 6
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Thanks ladies, the support is appreciated...
I knew I would have something to be thankful for if I took my problems here. Now I feel like a complainer, since so many of you have been through much worse than what I've been through! I'm going to try not to worry until I have something to worry about...
God bless you all.
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Marie
dx 7/9/07 at age 50
Right Breast Lumpectomy 7/26/07
Stage T1cN0Mx
IDC & DCIS 1.8 cm Grade 3
Sentinal node biopsy 3 of 3 negative
ER+PR+Her2+(3.8)
4 rounds A/C final 11/15/07
52 weeks herceptin (12/2007)
33 radiation (12/2007)
5 years tamoxifen
"Seven days without prayer makes one weak"
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02-18-2008, 06:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 2,357
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I'm thinking great thoughts for you! Keep believing in good health and NED!
Much love, ma
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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02-18-2008, 07:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: WHITESTOWN IN
Posts: 148
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Marie
First of all do not feel like a complainer. We all are going through a horrible thing. Our bodies and mood change with the doctors appointment of the day. You have every right to feel scared, unsure and any other emotion that comes your way.
I also had a bad first mammo. I could not believe after all the chemo, rads, and herceptin that there coud have been anything. They took them all out and thank God they were nothing. My surgeon and onc both told me to get ready for this to be the norm. If they find even the slightest of calcifications or any other abnormality there would be a biopsy. I hope and pray that this is nothing for you and you will join the ranks of the rest of us. Be calm and wait it out. And in the mean time we are all here for you. Kriss
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DX IDC AT 42 12/7/06
2.2CM STAGE I GRADE 2
NODE NEG
PARTIAL 12/18/06
HER2+ /ER+(75%) PR+(5%)
4 DD AC CHEMO STARTING 1/10/07
4 DD Taxol Starting 3/5/07
1year weekly Herceptin starting 3/5/07
finished 2/18/08
changed to every 3 weeks 4/23/07
completed 33 radiation treatments 7/6/07
TAH and BSO 9/24/07
start Femarra 10/8/07
Started Neritinib trial 12/14/09
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02-18-2008, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume
ALWAYS BELIEVE
Posts: 2,999
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Marie.....
Thought about you last week and wondered how you were making out. After reading your post I wanted to remind you that you are always in our prayers and we are a stones-throw away from one another (please do not throw any stones though, bad eye problems and I need whatever mind I have left!! LOL!!). And a friendly reminder, we are all on the same journey with the same needs and desires....try to never feel one journey is easier or harder than another. Besides, we all cope differently too and that does play a factor with how we thrust forward on this journey. All of have the rights to be scared, to vent, to question, to complain, etc! We all want to make it through, buy some time, conquer this beast!! I will be praying that these califications are just that--'calcifications'.
Thinking Positive and Sending Hugs>>The Other "Marie in Rhode Island" (Believe51)!!
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
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02-18-2008, 06:53 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 2,077
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Marie, it's ok to whine and fuss and carry on and fret (Yeah, I said fret again, I live south of the Mason/Dixon Line). You have come to the right place to do all of the above. One big family here. You're in our thoughts and prayers, Love, Bill
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