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11-24-2007, 08:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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***How sweet...:)***
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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11-24-2007, 08:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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You betcha! It's all about the simple things in life.
Thanks for sharing happiness and love,
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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11-25-2007, 05:43 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: virginia
Posts: 99
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Ahhhhhhhhh !
Now ...THIS......is what we are talking about !! Pure Bliss!!!! It is true.....a picture is worth a few thousand words ! Hugs and sweet kisses to all ! Bonnie
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11-25-2007, 07:01 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: I live in Christmas, MI - located on the shores of Lake Superior.
Posts: 606
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What a beautiful picture!
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11-25-2007, 11:50 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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That's what life is all about!!!!
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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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11-25-2007, 12:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: LAND OF YES!
w/home in Boca Raton, Florida
Orig from L.I., N.Y.
Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
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ISN'T *LOVE* BEAUTIFUL?? That picture makes my heart smile...
Andi
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Andi BB
'95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive...
'98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!)
+ good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either...
Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...
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11-26-2007, 11:04 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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I know....
This has always been my favorite picture of them both!>>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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11-27-2007, 09:30 PM
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Webmaster
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Home of the "Flying Tomato"
Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 2,036
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The Story Behind the Picture
In 2002, shortly after this support group was formed, Genentech found out about Christine's miraculous response to Herceptin and this group.
They invited us to South San Francisco in order to take Christine's picture so that they could include it in their 2001 Annual Report.
The entire trip reminded me of the old television show "Queen for a Day". A limo picked us up at the airport and took us to Genentech's headquarters where they treated us to lunch. After lunch, we traveled to the bluffs overlooking the Pacific where the photographers were waiting her arrival. When this picture was taken, they had already shot about 10 rolls of film in front of the house and were setting up to shoot some more pictures in the rear of the home. We were actually waiting in front of the house unaware that they were photographing us horsing around.
Of the entire 18 rolls that they took, all they used 2 or 3 unposed pictures in this sequence, mainly because it showed Christine's dimple. They also placed out picture on a giant billboard in front of their corporate headquarters and titled it: "Christine Giggles".
We spent the rest of the weekend in San Francisco and turned it into a 2nd mini-honeymoon.
Regards
Joe
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A Proud webmaster to the internet's most informed, educated, COMPASSIONATE and caring group of breast cancer survivors.
Illegitimi non carborundum
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11-27-2007, 09:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 274
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Heard about the Billboard
Hi Christine and Joe,
When I first met Susan E. at a nail salon in Brooklyn N.Y. she told me about this Board and that Christine's photo was on a Billboard. It was meant to be that I would meet her as she heard me talking with another one of the ladies and then offered her guidance and pointed me in the direction of you and Christine and this extraordinary Support Group. My husband and I also had a mini moon three weeks ago as we were married in the Church after being married in a civil ceremony nearly 15 years ago. It was a most wonderful day.
All the Best,
Liz J.
Last edited by Liz J.; 11-27-2007 at 09:52 PM..
Reason: typo
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11-28-2007, 03:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: LAND OF YES!
w/home in Boca Raton, Florida
Orig from L.I., N.Y.
Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
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Joe and Christine, you well deserve the ROYAL TREATMENT! Beautiful story to go w/the beautiful picture, limo and all. That gladdens my heart. I always tell people I should be a poster child for Herceptin, but I'm so glad to be honored to be a part of Christine's and your life! I tell everyone about this site, and they take out paper and pen and write HER2support.org, eager and elated to go to this haven and send along many others as well. Bless you guys! Many, many times over...
Andi
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Andi BB
'95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive...
'98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!)
+ good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either...
Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...
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11-28-2007, 05:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,843
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<img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h276/DianneOnly/clap2.gif"
A heart warming story. I am glad you had a lovely weekend.
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.
<img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h276/DianneOnly/clap2.gif" alt="Clapping 3" />
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11-28-2007, 05:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 68
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Truly picture perfect.
This picture brought a much needed smile to my face.
Thank you.
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Sept. 2003- 5cm tumor in left breast Her2+ Er- Pr- grade 3,
Mastectomy & 11 nodes removed, all negative.
4 rounds A/C + 12 wky Taxol
25 rads
Dec 2006- recurrence Stage IV (diagnosed 3 days before Christmas!) Lymph nodes in chest, liver, 3 ribs
January 2007- 3 tri wkly rounds of Taxol/Herceptin
Response to lymph nodes in chest, but several more bone mets (skull, shoulders, more ribs, femur, several on spine), liver tumors still growing.
March 2007- 8 wkly rounds of Navelbine/Herceptin/ every 4th wk Zometa
Lymph nodes in chest look great, but more bone mets (of course!), Clavicles, hips, and sacrum (above tail bone) to add to the list. Liver mets still growing.
June 5- started Tykerb/Xeloda
Aug 14- Scans are showing great progress! Tumor shrinkage and bones are healing!
Nov 21 CT scan shows tumor growth in liver & bones next Doc appt on 11-27
Dire need of a lot of prayers and a miracle.
Stay at home mom, 5 yr old girl & 8 yr old boy.
Wife of loving husband
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11-28-2007, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 624
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Beautiful picture and beautiful story.
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12-02-2007, 02:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: france
Posts: 1,648
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I love it! What a wonderful photo!
hugs and love sarah
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12-02-2007, 09:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 154
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Joe and Christine, that is such a cute picture. You should get that blown up!!!
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