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08-20-2009, 01:48 PM
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
LMHO!!
Cow and a rapper? Would that be a crapper?
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Laura
www.laurasjourney.com
ER+PR+Her2Neu+ - I'm just a positive person :D
"Life is a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of."
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08-21-2009, 08:20 PM
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Location: san luis obispo, ca
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Hey Terri! 20-11 Yahoo....just hoping Damon is ok. GO YANKEES!!!!!!!
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Love and Hugs, Vickie
Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass,
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Feb 04 IBC IIIC/IV er-/pr- her2+++
3/04 TCH X4
7/ 04 MRM 9/04 Taxol/herceptin wkly 1 yr 33X rads
11/04 skin mets 33x rads,10/05 Avast/Herc. 11 mos.
8/ 06 PET mets lymphs, neck
9/ 06 Navelbine/herceptin
11/ 06 PET NED
2/ 07 skin mets, 4/07 Xeloda, 5/07 add Tykerb
2/ 08 Tykerb failed. Doxil /Herceptin 6 months
8/08 PET skin mets, 8/08 Abraxane/Avastin
11/ 08 PET prog., skin mets
1/09 PET/CT progress, 1/09 Ixempra, 2/09 add Xeloda and low dose Naltrexone
2/09 off Ixempra/Xeloda
3/09 navelbine/herc/cytoxin 4/09 PET shows regress.7/09 start Topotecan. Failed.
8/09 extensive mets rgt brst, back and torso. starting Pazopanib clinical trial.
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08-24-2009, 06:15 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: me & my three HANDSOME grandsons!!Jacksonville, Arkansas
Posts: 354
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Vicki, IT'S ALL GOOD!!!
I was hoping for at least 2 out of 3 series victory!! Woo Hoo!! This year, October is gonna be GREAT!!!
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Terri B.
46 yrs. young
Dx IDC 3/6/08
1.5 cm & .6 cm grade III, Stage IIA
es/pr- Her2+++, 9/9 richardson
Double Mast w/expanders 4-14-08
3/9 nodes positive.
additional excision rt breast 4-25-08
weekly T/H x 12 (6-2-08) Done!
FEC x4 (9-8-08) Last one 11-10-08!
Herceptin complete 8/10/09!!
33 RADS DONE 2/13/09!
rt. breast biopsy 3/20/09 .. B9!!
reconstruction complete!
DEEEEEEported on 5/19/10!!
almost 5 YEARS NED!!
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08-28-2009, 05:43 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South Australia, Australia
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Hi There,
We don't have squirrels in Oz, but possums are similar...and they cause us grief...
Our Chihauhau X dog loves getting out there and harrassing them up trees, but our poor trees look worse for wear...not alot of leaves on them and looking like we could lose one of the older trees...but they seem to love our place, the possums have their little hideout down the back of our garden and breed, breed, breed,
Regards
Sue
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DCIS August 1993
Sectional LB Mastectomy, then regular screening thereafter....until
March 2009, found 2 tumours, 9mm, 1.2mm...Grade 3, ER+, PR+, HER2+
Full LB Mastectomy, 4 nodes taken (all negative )
4 x AC Chemo, finished 18 June 09
4 x Taxotere Chemo finish 10 Sept 09
12 months Herceptin started July 09
then Tamoxofin
then what??
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08-28-2009, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Alaska
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Gypsy that is sad for the trees  I wonder what it would take to make them move? That is natural and not harmful to you or your dog?
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Enjoy the Day,
Laura
www.laurasjourney.com
ER+PR+Her2Neu+ - I'm just a positive person :D
"Life is a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of."
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09-12-2009, 03:43 PM
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
I'm really bummed out about "Turkey Bacon". I've been putting off trying it for years. It was supposed to be my "ace in the hole" when I wanted to kick my health level up a notch or two. I mean, it's common knowledge that bacon is the best thing ever made, so it's understandable that I had high hopes for this turkey bacon nonsense. My son Daniel said it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, so a few weeks ago, I figured I would try some. I was left to my own devices one Sunday afternoon and raced to the grocery store. I grabbed a pack of turkey bacon and threw it into my cart next to the V-8 juice, cranberry juice, walnuts, almonds, avocadoes, and bluebrries. I whipped through the checkout line and raced home and pulled out the 2 pounds of ground beef I had stashed in the fridge and worked it into 4 patties and began slicing a block of cheddar, picturing the awesome bacon cheddar cheeseburgers I was about to create. I grilled the burgers to near perfection as the turkey bacon simmered in a pan on a side burner. "mmm, that's funny, there's no fat or grease leaking out of this bacon. It's sticking to the pan" To make a long story short (I know--too late) I threw half a pound of that god-forsaken turkey bacon on the most awesomest fat cheeseburgers you ever saw and was horribly disappointed. That was 3 weeks ago and I'm still bummed out about it.
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09-12-2009, 04:43 PM
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Location: indianapolis, indiana
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
you crack me up!!!!
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dxd 9-04, lumpectomy,
st 1, gr 3, er,pr-, her2 +,
2 tac,33 rads,6 cmf
1 yr herceptin,
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09-14-2009, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: me & my three HANDSOME grandsons!!Jacksonville, Arkansas
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Kanye West
Wow people, now, THAT's a class act! 
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Terri B.
46 yrs. young
Dx IDC 3/6/08
1.5 cm & .6 cm grade III, Stage IIA
es/pr- Her2+++, 9/9 richardson
Double Mast w/expanders 4-14-08
3/9 nodes positive.
additional excision rt breast 4-25-08
weekly T/H x 12 (6-2-08) Done!
FEC x4 (9-8-08) Last one 11-10-08!
Herceptin complete 8/10/09!!
33 RADS DONE 2/13/09!
rt. breast biopsy 3/20/09 .. B9!!
reconstruction complete!
DEEEEEEported on 5/19/10!!
almost 5 YEARS NED!!
Last edited by Terri B; 09-14-2009 at 11:46 AM..
Reason: added the winky thing
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09-16-2009, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Oregon City
Posts: 856
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
TerriB said:
Kanye West
Wow people, now, THAT's a class act!
Well, it could have been worse. He could have shown up to Patrick Swayze's funeral and said "Michael Jackson's death was the best death of the century!"
I'm just saying.....
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This happened to Colleen:
Diagnosed in September 2007
ER-/PR-/HER2 Neu+++ 2.1 cm x .9 cm spicluted tumor with three fingers, Stage 2B
Sentinal node biopsy and lymph node removal with 3/18 positive in October 2007
4 TAC infusions
lumpectomy March 2008, bad margins
Re-excision on June 3rd, 2008 with clean margins
Fitted for compression sleeve July 16, 2008
Started the first of two TCH infusions August 14, 2008
Done with chemo and now a member of the blue dot club 9/17/08
Starting radiation October 1, 2008
life is still on hold
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09-16-2009, 03:06 PM
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
HA! Lee. I think the South Park guys told the true Kanye Waste story... if you haven't seen it, look for it. It's pure gold.
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Brenda
NOV 2012 - 9 yr anniversary
JULY 2012 - 7 yr anniversary stage IV (of 50...)
Nov'03~ dX stage 2B
Dec'03~ Rt side mastectomy, Her2+, ER/PR+, 10 nodes out, one node positive
Jan'04~ Taxotere/Adria/Cytoxan x 6, NED, no Rads, Tamox. 1 year, Arimadex 3 mo., NED 14 mo.
Sept'05~ micro mets lungs/chest nodes/underarm node, Switched to Aromasin, T/C/H x 7, NED 6 months - Herceptin only
Aug'06~ micro mets chest nodes, & bone spot @ C3 neck, Added Taxol to Herceptin
Feb'07~ Genetic testing, BRCA 1&2 neg
Apr'07~ MRI - two 9mm brain mets & 5 punctates, new left chest met, & small increase of bone spot C3 neck, Stopped Aromasin
May'07~ Started Tykerb/Xeloda, no WBR for now
June'07~ MRI - stable brain mets, no new mets, 9mm spots less enhanced, CA15.3 down 45.5 to 9.3 in 10 wks, Ty/Xel working magic!
Aug'07~ MRI - brain mets shrunk half, NO NEW BRAIN METS!!, TMs stable @ 9.2
Oct'07~ PET/CT & MRI show NED
Apr'08~ scans still show NED in the head, small bone spot on right iliac crest (rear pelvic bone)
Sept'08~ MRI shows activity in brain mets, completed 5 fractions/5 consecutive days of IMRT to zap the pesky buggers
Oct'08~ dropped Xeloda, switched to tri-weekly Herceptin in combo with Tykerb, extend to tri-monthly Zometa infusion
Dec'08~ Brain MRI- 4 spots reduced to punctate size, large spot shrunk by 3mm, CT of torso clear/pelvis spot stable
June'09~ new 3-4mm left cerrebellar spot zapped with IMRT targeted rads
Sept'09~ new 6mm & 1 cm spots in pituitary/optic chiasm area. Rx= 25 days of 3D conformal fractionated targeted IMRT to the tumors.
Oct'09~ 25 days of low dose 3D conformal fractionated targeted IMRT to the bone mets spot on rt. iliac crest that have been watching for 2 years. Added daily Aromasin back into treatment regimen.
Apr'10~ Brain MRI clear! But, see new small spot on adrenal gland. Change from Aromasin back to Tamoxifen.
June'10~ Tumor markers (CA15.3) dropped from 37 to 23 after one month on Tamoxifen. Continue to monitor adrenal gland spot. Remain on Tykerb/Herceptin/Tamoxifen.
Nov'10~ Radiate positive mediastinal node that was pressing on recurrent laryngeal nerve, causing paralyzed larynx and a funny voice.
Jan'11~ MRI shows possible activity or perhaps just scar tissue/necrotic increase on 3 previously treated brain spots and a pituitary spot. 5 days of IMRT on 4 spots.
Feb'11~ Enrolled in T-DM1 EAP in Denver, first treatment March 25, 2011.
Mar'11~ Finally started T-DM1 EAP in Denver at Rocky Mountain Cancer Center/Rose on Mar. 25... hallelujah.
"I would rather be anecdotally alive than statistically dead."
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10-24-2009, 04:26 AM
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Whatever happened to Jimmy Page?
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10-24-2009, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Hi WB
He played during the Superbowl. Not sure if this yr or last yr. Also I think I saw him perform with John Mayer, not positive, but fairly certain.
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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10-30-2009, 09:13 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Oregon City
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Jimmy Page is 65 hard years old and has rather fragile health. He spends his time as the chief patron of the Outside the Edge Theater Group which is solely run by addicts and ex-addicts.
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This happened to Colleen:
Diagnosed in September 2007
ER-/PR-/HER2 Neu+++ 2.1 cm x .9 cm spicluted tumor with three fingers, Stage 2B
Sentinal node biopsy and lymph node removal with 3/18 positive in October 2007
4 TAC infusions
lumpectomy March 2008, bad margins
Re-excision on June 3rd, 2008 with clean margins
Fitted for compression sleeve July 16, 2008
Started the first of two TCH infusions August 14, 2008
Done with chemo and now a member of the blue dot club 9/17/08
Starting radiation October 1, 2008
life is still on hold
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10-30-2009, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
My sister saw Page in concert in Orlando a couple of years ago. He made it through and she did not complain that she did not get her money's worth.
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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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01-05-2010, 11:36 AM
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Christmas Blessing/Miracle
Hi guys... hope I am putting this thread in the right column???
Hello ya'll.. Normally I have only bad and worse than bad news to report.. I am of course having a big time problem, which I won't go into now... maybe later.. I would like to report to the gang that my ejection fraction rate ( has hovered around 25-30%) since 04, .. is now at a high of 55-60%.(thank you Lord) I say that with sincere meaning. I was in the hospital for 3 days, and they kept a monitor on me nonstop..my cardiologist came by on the 3rd. day, and as he was leaving my room , I asked him, what was my ejection fraction rate was..(fearing the worst). He looked at me and smiled and said it is around 55-60%.. I said,,, that is a Chrismas miracle..!!!! he nodded his head and said something along the lines of ,.... Yes, and are you still taking Coreg?? I said yes, he said , Coreg has been shown to help the ejection fraction rate... I smiled then and said, I prefer to think it is a Christmas Miracle..
so if you have been having some difficulty with your heart as I have been,This is truly a blessing..I will talk to my Onc. and see if other avenues are open to me now!!... I have been smiling since Christmas.. will give the gang an update on my husband in another thread.. He is still hanging on by his fingernails.. awating a lung doner...
Charlotte
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01-05-2010, 11:54 AM
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Christmas Blessing/Miracle
Hi guys... hope I am putting this thread in the right column???
Hello ya'll.. Normally I have only bad and worse than bad news to report.. I am of course having a big time problem, which I won't go into now... maybe later.. I would like to report to the gang that my ejection fraction rate ( has hovered around 25-30%) since 04, .. is now at a high of 55-60%.(thank you Lord) I say that with sincere meaning. I was in the hospital for 3 days, and they kept a monitor on me nonstop..my cardiologist came by on the 3rd. day, and as he was leaving my room , I asked him, what was my ejection fraction rate was..(fearing the worst). He looked at me and smiled and said it is around 55-60%.. I said,,, that is a Chrismas miracle..!!!! he nodded his head and said something along the lines of ,.... Yes, and are you still taking Coreg?? I said yes, he said , Coreg has been shown to help the ejection fraction rate... I smiled then and said, I prefer to think it is a Christmas Miracle..
so if you have been having some difficulty with your heart as I have been,This is truly a blessing..I will talk to my Onc. and see if other avenues are open to me now!!... I have been smiling since Christmas.. will give the gang an update on my husband in another thread.. He is still hanging on by his fingernails.. awating a lung doner...
Charlotte
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10-30-2009, 02:50 PM
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Location: Central Coast, CA
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
I work with a guy named J eremy Page and although he is no relation to Jimmy, he had a really great halloween costume today
(how random is THAT?!)
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Chris in Scotts Valley
June 2002 extensive hi grade DCIS (pre-cancer-stage 0, clean sentinal node) Mastectomy/implant - no chemo, rads. "cured?"
9/2004 Diag: Stage IV extensive liver mets (!) ER/PR- Her2+++
10/04-3/05 Weekly Taxol/Carboplatin/Herceptin , complete response!
04/05 - 4/07 Herception every 3 wks, Continue NED
04/07 - recurrence to liver - 2 spots, starting tykerb/avastin trial
06/07 8/07 10/07 Scans show stable, continue on Tykerb/Avastin
01/08 Progression in liver
02/08 Begin (TDM1) trial
08/08 NED! It's Working! Continue on TDM1
02/09 Continue NED
02/10 Continue NED. 5/10 9/10 Scans NED 10/10 Scans NED
12/10 Scans not clear....4/11 Scans suggest progression 6/11 progression confirmed in liver
07/11 - 11/11 Herceptin/Xeloda -not working:(
12/11 Begin MM302 Phase I trial - bust:(
03/12 3rd times the charm? AKT trial
5/12 Scan shows reduction! 7/12 More reduction!!!!
8/12 Whoops...progression...trying for Perjeta/Herceptin (plus some more nasty chemo!)
9/12 Start Perjeta/Herceptin, chemo on hold due to infection/wound in leg, added on cycle 2 &3
11/12 Poops! progression in liver, Stop Perjeta/Taxo/Herc
11/12 Navelbine/Herce[ptin - try for a 3 cycles, no go.
2/13 Gemzar/Carbo/Herceptin - no go.
3/13 TACE procedure
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11-26-2009, 01:00 PM
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Where the heck is John Madden? Did he retire?
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11-26-2009, 06:59 PM
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
John Madden did retire. As you may know, he had a serious fear of flying. He had to drive from one end of the country to other as many as 17 times a year and he said the travel was finally too much for him.
Lee
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This happened to Colleen:
Diagnosed in September 2007
ER-/PR-/HER2 Neu+++ 2.1 cm x .9 cm spicluted tumor with three fingers, Stage 2B
Sentinal node biopsy and lymph node removal with 3/18 positive in October 2007
4 TAC infusions
lumpectomy March 2008, bad margins
Re-excision on June 3rd, 2008 with clean margins
Fitted for compression sleeve July 16, 2008
Started the first of two TCH infusions August 14, 2008
Done with chemo and now a member of the blue dot club 9/17/08
Starting radiation October 1, 2008
life is still on hold
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11-26-2009, 07:05 PM
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: Totally random thoughts and comments
Thanks, Lee! Happy Thanksgiving!
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