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06-12-2007, 08:35 PM
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Location: indianapolis, indiana
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good books?
Since I am off for summer vacation, I've got some time to myself and wondered if anyone has any good books to recommend? They don't have to be cancer related, as I think I've probably read eveything out there. I do normally read murder mysteries. I am still waiting for your book to come in at the library Grace.
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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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06-13-2007, 04:09 AM
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Location: Sheboygan, WI
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A Few Recommendations
Books by author Karen Kingsbury are awesome. Also, the Jan Karon series is wonderful. I am reading Nineteen Minutes right now. It is by Jodi Picoult. A book I read at the beginning of my cancer journey (actually read it through 3 times) is Grace For Each Hour by Mary J. Nelson. She is a cancer survivor. It is a devotional of sorts. It is not your typical breast cancer read. It isn't about breast cancer, per se, but about her experience and how she handled with the help of God. I loved it and highly recommend.
Hope that helps.
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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06-13-2007, 04:57 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
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what a treat..
my dear freind handed me "Can't Wait to get to Heaven" when I was so depressed and in the midst of treatment. I was kind of shocked at the title considering what I was going through. I read it and laughed out loud all through. What a treat! I had never read a Fannie Flag book and probably wouldn't have normally. It was just what I needed, I followed it up by reading every other book she has written - but this was the best. Have a great summer....
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Kim
Diagnosed 7/05
Stage 3a er+(45%) pr+(68%) Her2+ (40%)
3.8 cm + .8cm multi focal - pleomorphic lobular tumors
high grade DCIS
7/20 nodes
BRCA 2 positive as of 5/07
surgeries: double mastectomy, hysterectomy (LAVH)
A/C,Herceptin for 1 year completed 11/06
femara
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06-13-2007, 08:59 AM
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Juanita--something not right with connection today so lost long email. This one will be short:
Cotterill: "The Coroner's Lunch"
Any P.D. James
Any Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse)
Patricia Highsmith, "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Michael Dibdin, "Dead Lagoon" (set in Venice)
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06-13-2007, 11:25 AM
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Location: Misty woods of WA State
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Grace's book
Hi -
I just purchased Grace's book "The Last Enemy" yesterday. Got into it a couple chapters last night and am hooked. Very well done.
Also picked up a couple of books by Tracey Chevalier:
"Burning Bright" and "The Lady and the Unicorn" - if you like readings with art history or literary connections.
If you want to get into a real saga - try Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series. These books are long - around 1000 pages. Took me many months to get through all of them. Great reading and her research is well done.
These are all books you can just get "lost" in. Take you out of yourself.
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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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06-13-2007, 11:35 AM
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Mysteries
I have read all of the books by Laurence Sanders, Sue Grafton, Stewart Woods, and Janet Evanovich. I recommend them all and they are all in paperback.
Enjoy your summer!
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06-13-2007, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Media (Wawa to be exact), PA
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Reading material - I would not have ordinarily read this but for a firend of mine that recommended it after my first bout with cancer. It has nothing to do with the disease,but everything todo with life, is in novel format ( an easy read) and changed my life dramatically... The Celestine Prophecy the adventure by James Redflied. Ther are two other sequels to it as well - The 10th Insight, and In Search for Shambala.
Hope you get an opportunity to read it.
Melinda
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DX BC 12/06
tumor .9
Lumpectomy 1/8
Mammosite radiation completed 2/10
Stage1/Grade 1
clear Margins /Nodes Neg
ER+
IHC +2 Fish +
ONCO 23
Started TCH on 3/2 for 6 rounds of TC once every three weels and a year of Herceptin every 3 weeks -
Finished everything and now on Aromasin
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06-13-2007, 06:13 PM
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Location: Stockton, NJ
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Cold Mountain, The Good Earth, The Kite Runner, all fabulous and my top three picks if you haven't read them yet.
Like Emelie, I also like the Lawerance Saunders books - especially the "Sins" series. His description of the sandwiches the detective in those series makes for himself really makes you hungry!!
Rebecca is good by Daphne (can't remember the last name of the author). Just because it is my name (the title) is a coincidence. The DaVinci Code is also very thrilling too.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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06-14-2007, 05:22 AM
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Location: Chadds Ford, Pa
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Hi,
I would have to reiterate Steph's recommendation for the Outlander series - I absolutely could not put them down! Some light and funny reads for the summer - Naked by David Sedaris, anything by Adrianna Triggiani (Queen of the Big Time, Big Stone Gap, Travels with my donkey by Tim Moore (hysterical). Also liked the Memory Keeper's Daughter.
Thanks to all for the reading list. Keep em coming!
Donna
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Donna
Diagnosed 2/04 - Invasive ductal - no clean margins
node negative - er+pr+, her2++
Mastectomy 4/04 - 4 rounds AC
9/05 - mets to liver treated with carbo/ixabipelone/herceptin
3/06 - complete remission
9/06 - new liver mets, starting Taxotere/Herceptin
1/07 -Liver mets stable, staying on Herceptin
5/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting T/X
12/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting weekly Navilbene/Herceptin
4/08 - Liver progression - started Abraxane, Carbo, Tykerb and Herceptin
7/08 - Liver Progression - started Gemzar, Avastin and Tykerb
10/08 - Liver progression - starting Doxil
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06-14-2007, 08:44 AM
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Location: Wilmington, Del.
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Historical fiction
I enjoyed Phillipa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl and the Boleyn Inheritance. The Other Boleyn Girl is being made into a movie.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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06-15-2007, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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good books
Hi Juanita! I love to share my favorite books. If you want to laught out loud read" Marley and Me", a true story about owning and loving the worst dog possible. OK here's a novel, you know, the kind that you wish it would never end." One Thousand White Women" by Jim Fergus, strange title, but you'll see why. "A Land Remembered", by Patrick Smith. Here's two wonderful biographies, The "Tennis Partner" by Abraham Verghese, a story of friendship and lost and "The Color of Water" by James McBride, a blackman's tribute to his white mother. So take it easy this summer and keep the faith. Carol H.
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 Carol H., Florida
Right Breast 11-28-06
Lumpectomy
Infiltrating Carcinoma
Stage 1
Grade 11
1.5 cm
Sentinel Lymph Node Neg.
ER-
PR-
Her2+
Fish 2.5 Amplied
KI-67 20%
Radiation= 6 weeks
Refused Chemo & Herceptin
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06-15-2007, 09:22 AM
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Location: Naples FL
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I like Barbara Kingsolver; Animal Dreams, The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer to name a few. Also FINALLY finished the Stephen King Dark Tower series...because he FINALLY finished (??!!) writing it! He started it in the 1970's.
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 Suzan W.
age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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04-01-2009, 01:52 PM
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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
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Bump up since we have several threads like this and I am searching for new material myself.>>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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04-01-2009, 05:24 PM
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Hi.
Look at the thread called "Books We Couldn't Put Down" in this section.
karen
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