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12-31-2011, 11:05 PM
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New year's resolutions (2012)
(1) What will they be this year?
(2) What will it take for you to keep them?
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01-01-2012, 09:12 AM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
(1) Exercise on a regular basis.
(2) Given the nature of my work (prof. who is sitting at a computer a lot), I will need to schedule exercise times each week into my calendar and will start this wee. I will also set realistic goals. A little afraid to go public on this.
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01-01-2012, 10:02 AM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Well if my hands and feet getback to normal, go on my daily walks . Live life to the fullest, enjoy family and friends. Travel a lot, Jeanette
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01-01-2012, 04:44 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Hi. The daily walks sound wonderful. And so do the rest of your plans!
karen z
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01-02-2012, 01:42 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
I began my New Year resolution to finally quit smoking a week earlier than usual, hubby and I are now a full week off cigs and I feel so much better on my daily walks and swimming I can't imagine ever not being a non smoker 
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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01-02-2012, 03:29 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
1) clean up my diet - been too lenient with yummy treats & desserts, not to mention all that sugar just isn't good for me/anyone!
2) walk my dog regularly & get some scheduled, structured exercise in
Karen - I know of a GREAT Pilates studio to help you get going on your resolutions! Seriously, let me be a part of your success 
TriciaK - Bravo to you & your husband. One full week off cigs is just the beginning of the rest of your life!
Keep the Faith~
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01-02-2012, 04:02 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Way to got Tricia. I was a smoker for many years. I really did not have a problem quitting either. The price of them now is outragious, don't know how people can afford them. I know of one young man who lives in Scotland and he takes holidays in Spain and stocks up over there. He says they are a lot cheaper too. Keep up the good work, Jeanette
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01-02-2012, 04:15 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Tricia,
Keep going girl- do not go back!
karen z
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01-02-2012, 04:16 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
o.k., Jessica,
You KNOW I need this and you KNOW I will not be too great at the beginning. Give me the name and address (here or in a private message). How you doing well ! ! ! ! I so miss everyone from San Antonio.
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01-02-2012, 04:18 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Oh boy,
Does anyone besides me feel like it is going to take a village??
k
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01-02-2012, 06:51 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
I'm rooting for Karen!! Gonna see if I can live vicariously on your success!! That way its easier for me!HAHA
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Rhonda (Sassy)
dx age 45
DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa
Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes
Triple Positive
4 DD A/C
12 Taxol/Herceptin
33Rads
Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk
Herceptin for total of 18 months
Lupron Monthly 4 yrs
Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!)
Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin
Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement)
Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk
Back to Arimidex for year seven
Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix
Stop Arimidex 5/13
Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa
5/14 Start Tamoxifen
3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing
5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs
9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen
3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects!
NED and no meds.......
14 YEARS NED!
Last edited by sassy; 01-03-2012 at 06:31 PM..
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01-02-2012, 07:26 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Organize all my photos. My oldest son is 25 and I still have them in various boxes, unorganized, scattered in closets and under the bed, etc.
Scrapbook them. I know I won't finish them all this year but I'd like to do a couple. I am a very artistic scrapbooker and each page takes forever and costs a fortune, so my goal is to get them in albums and worry about the art later.
I start tomorrow with my trip to Hawaii back in '08. I am starting there because I have all the photos in one place. Almost all, anyway.
I am going to spend an hour tomorrow digging through a plastic bin of photos and trying to sort them somehow. Since they can't be chronological (no dates on them) I'll just do generic. Child #1, baby. Child #2, baby. Child #1, Shool years. Holidays. Vacations. etc., best I can.
I also need to decide if I am going back to work or not. And, I need to gain ten pounds.
What it will take is not procrastinating and overthinking it and being an overacheiver. Simple is OKAY!!!!
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 http://butdoctorihatepink.com
08/17/09 Dx'd.
Multifocal/multicentric IDC, largest 3.4 cm, associated ADH, LCIS, DCIS
HER2+ ER+/PR- Grade 3, Node Negative
10/20/2009: Right mastectomy, reconstruction with TE
12/02/2009: Six rounds TCH, switched to Taxol halfway through due to neuropathy
03/31/2010: Finished chemo
05/01/2010: Began tamoxifen, the worst drug ever
11/18/2010: Reconstruction completed
12/02/2010: Finished herceptin
05/21/2011: Liver Mets. Quit Tamoxifen
06/22/2011: Navelbine/Zometa/Herceptin
10/03/2011: Liver Resection, left lobe. Microwave ablation, right lobe - going for cure!
11/26/2011: C-Diff Superbug Infection, "worst case doctor had seen in 20 years"
03/28/2012: Progression in ablated section of the liver - no more cure. Started Abraxane, continue herceptin/zometa
10/10/2012: Progression continues, started Halaven, along with herceptin and zometa.
01/15/2013: Progression continues, started Gemzar and Perjeta, an unusual combo, continuing with herceptin and zometa
03/13/2013: Quit Gemzar, body just won't handle it. Staying on herceptin, zometa and perjeta.
04/03/2013: CT shows 50% regression in tumor, so am starting back on Gemzar with dose reduction, staying with perjeta/herceptin/zometa. Can't argue with success!
05/09/2013: Discussing SBRT with Radiology due to inability of bone marrow to recover from chemo.
06/07/2013: Fiducial placement for SBRT
07/03/2013: Chemo discontinued, on Perjeta, Herceptin and Zometa alone
07/25/2013: SBRT (gamma knife) begins
08/01/2013: SBRT completed
08/15/2013: STABLE! continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin, Zometa
06/18/2014: ***** NED!!!!***** continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin, Zometa
01/29/2014: Still NED. continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin. Zometa lowered to every 3 months instead of monthly.
11/08/2015: Progression throughout abdomen and lungs. Started TDM-1, aka Kadcyla. Other meds discontinued. Remission was nice while it lasted.
5/27/18: Stable. Kadcyla put me right back in the barn. I have two teeny spots on my lungs that are metabolically inactive, and liver is clean.
I’m beating this MFer. I was 51 when this started and had two kids, 22 and 12. Now I’m 60. My oldest got married and trying to start s family. My youngesg graduates from Caltech this June. My stepdaughter gave me grandkids. Life is fantastic.
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01-02-2012, 07:54 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Work out more regularly and pay it forward,(helping others diagnosed locally with breast cancer).
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Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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01-02-2012, 08:39 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Oh Rhonda, lets just try together. That way it will be half as difficult (at least I think so, I was never a math person).
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01-02-2012, 08:41 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Cool Breeze,
Yes, one thing at a time: "First things first".
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01-02-2012, 08:42 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Rina,
Sound like good plans!
I like your pay it forward.
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01-03-2012, 01:19 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Thanks ladies and wish we had had the courage to do it a long time ago but better late than never
Good luck to Karen and everyone on their new resolutions!!
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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01-03-2012, 03:17 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
I'm starting with one week off all refined sugar-I love/hate all those cookise I gobbled during the holidays
And then it's back to the whole grain mostly veggie diet!
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Henny
Dx 3/07 IDC and DCIS Her2+ ER- PR-
Stage IIb 1/15 nodes
A/C, Taxol, Herceptin
Bilateral mastectomies with recon
Zometa 2/yr for 3 yrs- finished 8/2011
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01-03-2012, 04:30 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Tricia,
You are so right. Always better late than never!
k
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01-03-2012, 08:48 PM
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Re: New year's resolutions (2012)
Okay Rhonda and Karen, I'm in. Time to schedule my exercise time. Am I too late to join you guys???
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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
9/10/23 - Still NED
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