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Old 01-13-2013, 07:32 PM   #21
starwishn2
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Re: I have to gripe

Hi Linn~
I was diagnosed in July 2012. I just finished Taxotere and Carboplatin in Dec. I actually bought a couple of wigs before I lost my hair. I have only worn them a few times. I work as often as I can so I'm in the public. I found a couple of hair attachments that velco to hats. The hats are easier to wear and I have hair!! I found one at a wig shop and ordered a couple of others online at TLC. I am now 5 (almost 6 weeks) from my last nasty chemo (still doing Herceptin) and my hair is starting to grow. NOW it itches!! I guess we just can't win. My husband also ordered for me one of those bras (that the hospital used), online, after my surgery. So I had 2 for awhile. I did received expanders during my bilateral so my situation is different. HANG in there. All this will end one day. Lots of hugs xxx to you!

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Splenectomy 11Nov2009
Rituxen May2011
ITP playing nice
Diagnosed 3Jul2012 BC

2 cm - Grade 2 - Stage IIB
HER2+++

ER+/PR+
bilateral mastectomy 20Jul2012
Metastasized cancer found 1 lymph node
expanders placed during surgery
TCH chemo "cocktail" started 24Aug2012
every 3 weeks - 6 treatments
Herceptin - 18 treatments
LAST treatment Taxotere & Carboplatin 7Dec2012 -yay!
Continue with Herceptin 26Dec2012

Started Arimidex 01Jan2013 (for 5 years)
Surgery to remove expanders/reconstruction 18Jan2013
Infection in left breast from reconstruction/infection in most nails - SO many meds! 22Feb2013
Left implant not playing nice.... might need to remove and try again - blah! 04Apr2013
3Jul2013 - one year since diagnosis - booo cancer!

15Aug2013 LAST chemo infusion!! YIPPPEEE!!!
13Sep2013 2nd reconstructive surgery.. the FOOBs are looking good!



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Old 01-15-2013, 08:20 PM   #22
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Re: I have to gripe

Mine head has really been itching the last couple days. And the it starts sweating underneath.....so I pull it off in office and scratch and put it back On. Does the itching mean its growing? I have slight hit and miss coverage.
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IDC breast cancer
7/2012 diagnosed with multiple solid lesions
7/20/12 biopsy done. ER+ 30 PR -, HER+++,k167 80% Grade 2
9/2012 biopsy on lymph node - showed malignant

9/2012 Pre-adjunctive TCH chemo.

12/6/12 MRI after Pre-adj.
Results: Modest Decrease in size of left breast malignancy As well as the associated satellite lesions and auxiliary Adenopathy compared to prior study. Doctors hoped for better but good response it didn't grow.

12/18/2012 left masectomy with axillary nodes
Size 3.2 CM, Nottingham score 9/9
Grade 3, no evidence of in situ carcinoma
Areas of angiolymphatic are identified
Carcinoma is 0.5 cm from inked deep
Margin of excision
Attached axillary lymph nodes: metastatic
Carcinoma in 6 of 8 nodes.
Size of largest node 1.5 cm
Extracapsular
ER + 73%, PR+2%, HER2+

2/27/13 6 weeks of IMRT radiation finished

2/2013 Started on Tamoxifan 5 years.

8/2013 will take last Herceptin, 17 treatments total every 3 weeks.

BRCA1 & BRAC2 - Negative

August 28, 2013 DIEP flap on the left breast.
February 2014 Nip & Tuck
March 14, 2014 nipple reconstruction and removed port.
August 14, 2014 lump in lymph nodes under arm and above clavicle. Stage IV
August 28, 2014 herceptin And projeta starting and port put back in.

3/18/15 stopped arimidex.
3/18/15 progression....Tdm1
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Old 01-16-2013, 12:33 AM   #23
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Re: I have to gripe

Linn, You might want to use a cooling cap. It worked for me and I went through treatment during the summer.
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