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02-24-2008, 07:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 77
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BIG CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SIXTH.....
Happy for you
Carol C
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02-24-2008, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 624
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CONGRATULATIONS, on your 6 year anniversary. I have to agree with the others, you are truly inspirational and I wish you many, many, many more anniversaries.
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02-24-2008, 09:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 1,055
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Happy Anniversary! I'm happy you are in a good place mentally. I feel giddy over every positive test result and anniversary for me. Enjoy! Bev
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02-24-2008, 11:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: northshore suburb of chicago
Posts: 1,093
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Six years and counting....Congrats on reaching this wonderful milestone. I am glad I could celebrate with you today and look forward to many more years of celebration. You truly are an inspiration to so many.
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~Rina~
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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02-25-2008, 05:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: moved to Lancaster, Pa in June, 2010
Posts: 576
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Yea Shelia! Way to go! You are a great inspiration to us all. May you have many more years of celebration!
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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02-25-2008, 05:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DFW area (TX)
Posts: 431
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Your post is wonderful Sheila; and reminds me never to take anything for granted.
Thank-you
TRS
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Terri, spouse of Ruth, Dallas/Ft. Worth area
Ruth dx 05/01/07 (age 50) Filipino
multifocal, several tumors .5 -2.5 cm, large area
Breast MRI showed 2 enlarged nodes, not palpable
100%ER+, 95%PR+, HER2+++
6x pre-surgery TCH chemo finished 9/15/7 Dramatic tumor shrinkage
1 year Herceptin till 6/08
MRM 10/11/07, SNB: 0/4 nodes + Path: tumors reduced to only a few "scattered cells"
now 50% ER+, PR- ???
Rads finished 1/16/08
Added Tamoxifen,
Finished Herceptin 05/08
NOW is the time to appreciate life to the fullest.
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02-25-2008, 10:53 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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Dearest Sheila
It will be one year in March that I have been on this site and you were one of the firsts to reach out to us. We have learned so much from you through your posts and replies. Today I started my day reading about your 6 years, what an achievement for you and what an inspiration for us all here. There are no words that could completely describe how I feel for you Dear Friend. You are a Fighter, a Warrior, a Survivor, and most importantly a very important part of what comes to mind when I think about this group. You are everything we try to strive for, but you are a hard act to follow. Keep us on our toes Girl. Sending Love, Hugs and Prayers, Today and Always. We are so blessed to have you in our lives>>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
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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02-25-2008, 11:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 889
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Congratulations on your six years! I pray you have many, many, many more.
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dx aug 03 invasive dcis 1 cm
er/pr/her2+
bcs 8/4/03
bcs 8/21/03 0/16 nodes
tx 4x ca 36 rad tam
postmenopausal 06 aromasin
sept 07 biopsy node in neck
muga/pet/cat/bone mets to lungs nodes and liver stage iv
tx hki-272
tx not working switched to taxol herceptin
Taxol not working switched to navelbine
navelbine is causing bad neuropathy
starting gemzar
gemzar quit on me now on Ixempra due to increasing number and size of liver mets
another progression starting tykerb/xeloda
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02-25-2008, 11:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Portage, IN
Posts: 198
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Sheila
Congratulations on your 6th year. What a milestone. I hope you have many more. I can't wait til you celebrate your 16th, 26th, 36th. You are an inspiration to me.
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02-25-2008, 02:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oregon
Posts: 715
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Sheila,
Congratulations on your safe and smooth landing at 6yrs. Good job, great attitude. I agree with you. After getting my DX and going thru treatment, I have a much more enlightened approach to life and those around me.
Catherine
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Catherine
Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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02-25-2008, 07:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,851
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Sheila, Congratulations on your 6-year anniversary! Joan
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Diagnosed stage 2b in July 2003 (2.3 cm, HER2+, ER-/PR-, 7+ nodes). Treated with mastectomy (with immediate DIEP flap reconstruction), AC + T/Herceptin (off label). Cancer advanced to lung in Jan. 2007 (1 cm nodule). Started Herceptin every 3 weeks. Lung wedge resection April 2007. Cancer recurred in lung April 2008. RFA of lung in August 2008. 2nd annual brain MRI in Oct. 2008 discovered 2.6 cm cystic tumor in left frontal lobe. Craniotomy Oct. 2008 (ER-/PR-/HER2-) followed by targeted radiation (IMRT). Coughing up blood Feb. 2009. Thoractomy July 2009 to cut out fungal ball of common soil fungus (aspergillus) that grew in the RFA cavity (most likely inhaled while gardening). No cancer, only fungus. Removal of tiny melanoma from upper left arm, plus sentinel lymph node biopsy in Feb. 2016. Guardant Health liquid biopsy in Feb. 2016 showed mutations in 4 subtypes of TP53. Repeat of Guardant Health biopsy in Jana. 2021 showed 3 TP53 mutations, BRCA1 mutation and CHEK2 mutation. Invitae genetic testing showed negative for all of these. Living with MBC since 2007. Stopped Herceptin Hylecta (injection) treatment in March 2020. Recent 2021 annual CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis and annual brain MRI showed NED. Praying for NED forever!!
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02-25-2008, 08:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: St. George, UT
Posts: 582
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It is so good to hear of your 6 year anniversary! You are truly an inspiration. Let me add my best wishes for many many more anniversaries. We love to hear good news! Hugs, Tricia
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