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05-17-2013, 05:04 AM
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Location: Philly Suburbs
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CURED as of June 1st!!
Yep! Yep! It's true!
After dragging its feet since January...
my employer's insurance company has declared me to be cured!
No longer in need of disability pay...
and wait for it...
no longer terminally ill!!
Effective JUNE 1ST 2013!
Imagine my joy at reading this in their latest letters to me!
Wait till all my doctors hear! But imagine, after their initial elation over my cure fades, and they begin to think of all the time they've wasted in medical school, and in refining their professional skills over these many years...when all it really takes to cure a stage IV cancer patient...relatively quickly and permanently is the ability to type a letter.
Who knew!
The first letter to arrive heralding my cure, stated that the insurance company,
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company – in case you want to buy a policy and be cured too –
had determined, after making me and my doctors jump through hoops and send literally hundreds of pages of medical records...
that I had been approved for two months of long term disability pay for my terminal diagnosis. Those payments would begin on April 1 and end on May 31, 2013.
Hmmm, I thought...that must mean on June 1st, I will no longer be terminally ill...and therefore no longer disabled. Could it be?
As my excitement mounted, I opened the second letter from Reliance. This one was from the department handling the accelerated death claim on my life insurance policy. (In case you're not in the know about this...once you are stage IV, you are legally terminal, and can get up to 75% of the value of your life insurance before you actually die)
This letter confirmed what the other department had hinted. Evidently, since my doctor could not be 100% certain what my life expectancy is...and had estimated it to be more than one year...the insurance company came to the only logical conclusion possible and stated that the company “regrets to inform me that while my illness is serious, my death is not imminent enough to pay my claim at this time”!
Yay me!!
I'm gonna live forever!!
So friends...there we have it! Cured by the stroke of a pen! Woo hoo!
Of course, I've already begun the appeal process...but I thought you guys might get a giggle out of the story. Incredible!
Denise
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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05-17-2013, 07:30 AM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
oh denise...I know this is not a laughing matter but you write with such humor that I did chuckle when reading this
may I be the first to say, what a**holes - I cant believe they are adding to your already very full plate by having to appeal and fight for what is rightfully yours.
I hope you get this resolved quickly
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diagnosed aug/11
right breast IDC 2.2 cm LVI
neoadjuvant fecx3, tax and her x3
surgery -pCR 0/2 nodes
25 rads
herceptin x18
tamox
prophy bi-msx with TE's oct 15/12
LD flap reconstruction (PM me if you want the details)
zoladex shots monthly until SOFT studies come out
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05-17-2013, 07:40 AM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
I'm almost feeling guilty at laughing so much. Maybe Reliance knows something that you don't?
Oh! How I look forward to June 1st. Just think in less than 2 weeks you will miraculously cured!
Are you Catholic? Is anyone going to qualify for sainthood off of your blessed circumstances?
Oh the Joys of Cancer!
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Diagnosed 2007
Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes
Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation
Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri"
Additional treatments:
GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr
Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients
ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla
Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision
The content of my posts are meant for informational purposes only. The medical information is intended for general information only and should not be used in any way to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease
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05-17-2013, 07:57 AM
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Location: British Columbia, Canada
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Denise,
You are SO funny! Forget buying a policy-can you cc or photocopy the letter for me? Then I will be cured too! And to think an insurance company can do this instead of the doctors!
You should go to their office and thank them in person. You could offer them some decadron and have a real party. Are you sure your HR snake woman doesn't work there as well?
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Dx Age 47 July/09 Stage 2B/3
Left Mast. Aug 09- 1 of 3 positive nodes in axillary dissection (yes only 3)
ER+ 90%, PR+ 20%, HER2+++
4 x AC, 4 x Paclitaxol and H (Neupogen for 7 cycles), Herceptin complete Nov 10
Mar–Apr 2010 25 Rads
Apr 10-Oct 11- Tamoxifen
Oct 11 – 3 cm met to sternum
Oct 11-Letrozole for 3 mths, start Clasteon-bone remodeller
Nov-Dec 11 - Happy 50th Birthday -20 rads to sternum
Jan-April 2012 Taxotere/Herceptin-6 cycles (Neupogen for 5)
Herceptin every 3 weeks-Letrozole added Nov 2012
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05-17-2013, 08:05 AM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Talk about black comedy! You've gotta keep a sense of humor and you do it beautifully.
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March, 2000: 48, Post menopausal (5 yrs HRT) Left breast, IDC 3mm/DCIS 1.6cm, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, mod differentiated, MIB low, lumpectomy, node neg via SNB, rads=33 Stage 1a
June, 2000: Tamox 4.5 years,Femara for 5 years (end in Jan. 2010)
Sept, 2012: 61, Via mamm, ultrasound, biopsy, right breast, 2.3cm tumor, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, poorly diff, KI67 60-70%
BRCA 1 and 2 negative
October, 2012: Bi Mast with tissue expanders, port placement
Final Path: IDC 2.8cm, DCIS, 1/4 sentinal nodes positive (@#$%). Stage IIB
Nov 29, 2012: Begin TCH/6x/every 3 wks, H for 1 year/every 3 weeks.
March 14, 2013: Finished chemo
April 9, 2013: Begin radiation 28x
May 22, 2013: Finished rads
June 1st, 2013: Started Aromasin for 5 yrs.
July 15, 2013: Switched to Letrozole (Femara). Probably for the rest of my life
October 16, 2013: Exchange surgery
October 31, 2013: Finished Herceptin
December 5, 2013: Port removed
Glad this year is over!
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05-17-2013, 08:12 AM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Hi Denise,
This is so much better than being dead. Which I have been for 8 years now, according to my former health insurance company. A year after my diagnosis they sent a letter to my heirs, informing them that they had fraudulently claimed hospital fees for my radiation therapy as I was dead. So I called them and told them that regrettably for them, I was still very much alive. The poor call centre agent who answered my call did not know what to do. In the end, they apologized, but as we have free choice of insurance companies here in the Netherlands, I decided to go to a different company at the first opportunity.
Dimwits, they are. But they give us a good laugh every now and then.
Perhaps you can ask them if they are willing to trade places with you, as you are apparently cured. That'll make them use their little grey cells...
Hugs
Jacqueline
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Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.
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05-17-2013, 12:59 PM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
The news of your cure is astounding!! Just wait til this news gets out to other insurance companies...What a strange time we live in! Thanks for sharing.
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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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05-17-2013, 01:10 PM
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Canada
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Holy cow Denise I think just a bunch of robots work at these places, no empathy, just computer chips.....
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August 2008
Lumpectomy left breast
1 tumour 0.9 cm
Her2 negative
lymph nodes negative
venous/lymphatic invasion absent
ER+PR-
Stage I Grade 2
Radiation and Femara
November 2008
Lumpectomy right breast
2 tumours .03 cm and .05 cm and extensive DCIS
.05 tumour Her2+
lymph node negative
venous/lymphatic invasion "indeterminate"
ER+PR low postive
Stage 1 Grade 2
January 2009
bilateral mastectomy
chemotherapy taxotere
Herceptin one year
Femara
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05-17-2013, 02:04 PM
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Location: TN
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Denise--I am glad you smiley icon shows that you are laughing about this. That's better than crying if it is only partly true that laughing is sometimes the best medicine. Although there is nothing funny about what you have endured with your cancer, I believe your sense of humor can only be a good thing for you.
As and aside to your story, it reminds me of the time when an insurance employee sent me an explanation of benefits letter denying coverage for a service I had received for my b.c. Their explanation was that the service was not appropriate for my "gender". When I called them on it, they apologized for not knowing men get breast cancer too.--bird
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Male Breast Cancer, DX 5/15/09, IDC, STAGE 1, 1.7 cm, HER2+++, ER+(95%)/PR+(75%), Ki67 40%, grade 3, 0/5 nodes, TX: mastectomy, TCH finished 7/19/10, radiation 6 wks., Tamoxifen on going, bisphosphonate 24 mos.
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05-17-2013, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life!
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Hey there, Denise!
Well may I be the first to CONGRATULATE you and hope this is one of those "Miracle on 34th Street" kinda moments where the judge declares he needs "authoritative proof" of "this man" being Kris Kringle. What does the handsome attorney do? He plunks all the kiddie's "Dear Santa" letters from the United States Post Office on the judge's bench! The judge declares Kris to be the one and only Santa Clause by virtue of the authority of the United States Post Office! Case closed!!!!
Therefore since your insurance company has declared you to be cured, we shall not dispute it! I for one am choosing to believe they are actually correct!
Ya know, I actually do have a good feeling about you, kid. I am viewing this a confirmation of my gut....
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Smile On!
Laurel
Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08
7mm invasive component
Partial mast. 5/08
Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH
0/5 nodes
4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08
Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09
Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09
Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08
Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08
Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard!
Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara
15 Years NED
I think I just might hang around awhile....
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05-17-2013, 07:10 PM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
WOW!! congratulations on your cure! How awesome is that!? You may want to send them a thank you card. pppfffff...wow and huh?
That is nuts. Thanks for sharing this story. You made me laugh, once again Denise!
Let us know what happens with the appeal.
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Feb 2013 - NED
Mar 2013 - thought I had progression, watching brain.
April 2013 - GOT MARRIED!!!!
May 2013 - looks like no progression, but necrosis and bigger.
Oct-Dec 2013 - Avastin tx
Nov 2013 - MRI shows necrosis shrinkage!!!!
Jan 2014 - Lepto Mening. disease found
Feb 2014 - WBR
March - BLAHHHH
April 2014 - Liver mets found
April 2014 to present - Chemo again, whooohoo. Fun!
July 2014, scans look good.
Stay on Perjetand hercertin.
Nov. 2014 more lepto-mening disease more WBR.
Feb 2015 more lepto-mening disease in spine and neck. More radiation.
Start on TDM1 no more Perjeta stay on herceptin
March 2015 more radiation in my thoracic area, more lepto-meningial disease
April 2015 trying to walk again.
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05-17-2013, 09:32 PM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
OMG! I was astounded reading your post Denise - what a farce. However, in case there is some amazing cure, could you please send me their phone number!
(I understand there are 'some' benefits in the US health insurance system, but hearing stories like these makes me a little happier we have a universal health care system here - certainly not perfect, but we are not at the mercy of major corporations).
Cheers Marie x
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dx Dec 2000 dcis 2.5cm clear sentinel node, ER/PR- Her-2+
lumpectomy, 6 cycles AC, 6 weeks rads
October 2007 three x 2.5cm lung mets. 8 months Taxol, started Herceptin and continue. Significant reduction in lung mets.
June 2011 3cm x 4cm liver tumour. Started Abraxane and continue with Herceptin.
November 2011. Finished with Abraxane, continue with just Herceptin. Liver tumour now reduced to 15mm x 12mm. Lung tumour now 10mm x 0.5mm
February 2012. Scans show everything stable, and brain scan clear.
July 2012. PET/CT scans show I'm in remission - no active cancer!
]Dec CT brain cllear, lungs stable, liver tumour has increased to 20mm. PET scans showed active liver met and active lung thinglet, and possible bone met.
Jan 2013 recommence Abraxane, continue with Herceptin.
June 2013 finish Cycle 6 Abraxane, continue with Herceptin. 30% reduction in liver tumour, everything stable.
December 2013. CA15-3 on rise.
February 2014. PET and CT scans show single liver tumour has increased to 35mm. No other activity.
March 2014. Planned for SBRT for liver met, but couldn't have treatment as tumour too close to bowel. Continue Herceptin.
April 2014. Surgeon advises that I am a good candidate for liver resection, so will have operation early May (after camping holiday). Tumour now 44mm x 29mm.
May 7, 2014. Two liver tumours surgically removed. Third of liver removed, and gall bladder. Am I NED?May 2014. Pathology of tumour shows it's now ER+ (95% staining).
June 2014. CA15-3 has decreased to 18 from a pre-surgery reading of 59!
June 2014. Started Femara, continue with Herceptin.
July 2014. Stop Femara due to severe Osteoporosis. Commence Tamoxifen, continue Herceptin. Waiting to hear if I can have Aclasta infusion.
August 2014. CA15-3 has decreased further to 12 - YAY!
October 2014. Aclasta infusion for Osteoporosis. November 2014, CA15-3 decreased to 11. Scans of liver all clear, something new showing up on lung, but just watching at the moment.
November 2015. Started SBRT on solitary lung met.
November 2015. Bone density scan showed very good improvement so back on Femara - yay!
December 2016. 6 treatments of SBRT radiation on lung. Seems to have had some effect.
June 2016. CA15-3 still stable and low at 9.
June 2016. Started subcutaneous Herceptin replacing infusion.
Jan 2017. LVEF dropped to 46%. Stopped Herceptin.
Feb 2017. Started ACE Inhibitor and BETA Blocker. Still off Herceptin.
Aug 2017. Two new mets - Portacaval lymph node and mediastinal lymph node.
Aug 2017. Blood tests show extremely elevated liver enzyme levels. Many tests to investigate.
Sept 2017. Portacaval lymph node blocking liver bile duct causing liver enzyme and Bilirubin problems.
Oct 2017. 8cm stent inserted into liver bile duct. Procedure caused pancreatitis, and hospitalised for 3 days. Liver enzymes improving rapidly.
Nov 2017. Commenced 4 weeks of radiation on Portacaval lymph node. 5 week break before chemo.
Jan 2018. CT scan. 11 new small liver mets, and new superclavical lymph node med.
Jan 2018. Start Kadcyla. CA15-3 426.
Apr 2018. First scans since starting Kadcyla. All tumours reducing. CA15-3 dropped to 30 from 426.
Dec 2019. Still on Kadcyla, but two small brain mets have been treated in the past month with SRS. CA15-3 stable for 12 months at 11.
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05-17-2013, 11:29 PM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Let's hope they turn out to be right and you live a long, healthy life! those greedy, lying bastards.
hugs and love
sarah
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05-18-2013, 12:47 AM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Denise,
I'm simply 'speechless' ... 
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http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html
http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2
NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa
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05-18-2013, 10:17 PM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
I don't know about the rest of you but if I can that kind of promise all I need to know is where to sign on the dotted line because I'm in! I do declare that will be one very long line! Your the best little sis! It reminds me of my last 4 mammograms they sent me saying there was no sign of cancer. ( until my new dr. Saved my life by insisting on an ultrasound and could see the 4 tumors) peace my sister
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dx 11/12/09 IDCI
Stage 3a
ER 98% PR 80%
Her2 +3
4/12 nodes
6 rounds TCH
Herceptin 12 months 3weeks
Rad. 30 tx
Tamoxifin 6 months stopped
Arimedex stopped 9/12 (side effects)
Aromasin 10/12
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05-19-2013, 05:35 PM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
LOL - to Denise and LIen - don't you love insurance companies?! I got my life insurance paid out as my Dr agreed to say I had a terminal diagnosis but I am and at the time was also very much alive! They responded by sending a "with Sympathy on your loss" card - I was one little hot headed chicken that day!
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05-20-2013, 08:38 AM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Oh Denise!
Not a giggle, but a GASP.
How absurd!
May your appeal come to swift justice!!!
Thank you for your humorous perspective~
Keep the Faith~
Jessica
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05-20-2013, 10:29 AM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
It's funny the way you put it Denise! I sure hope you are NED forever
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1/11 age 36 DX
ER/PR-, Her2 +
TCH*6, Herceptin
BMX with immediate recontruction 5/2011 Lattismus Flap- Dx stage 3c 10/23 nodes
9/11 Radiation
3/12 Local recurrence to skin stage IV
Whole body scan CLEAR
4/12 Tykerb & Xeolda Skin mets slowly regressing
8/12 PET & Brain CT Clear
5/13 Skin mets progressing
6/13 PET scan chestwall recurrence in contralateral anxillary,internal mammary and ipsilateral subpectoral nodes
6/13 kadcyla
10/13 whole body scan -clear NED. previously resolved skin rash gone but 3 new lesions. Biopsy confirmed for skin recurrence
11/13 to 02/14 tykerb & herceptin
02/14 add abraxane/gemzar, 2 weeks on 1 week off at reduced dose
05/14 whole body PET clear/ brain CT clear but skin mets are getting worse, ready for new chemo
05/14 navelbine perjeta herceptin
07/14 skin mets progressing red rash worse
08/14 wide local excision with diep flap to close wound. Final path shows 2 positive margins showing inflammatory carcinoma Going back to surgery in 2 weeks
09/01/14 resection- clear margins
3 weeks after 2nd surgery, a new nodular rash found near drain incision with 2 small red spots behind the chest wall biopsy on 10/1. Positive for breast cancer
Radiation 11/2014 with xeloda then weekly cisplatin
11/14 brain MRI clean
12/14 finished 33 radiations burnt and very painful. Bedridden for 1 week
12/14 t current Herceptin and perjeta only
02/15 rash on upper back right side skin mets radiation planned
02/15 staring electron radiation *35
Stopped at 30 due to severe skin burn, resumed 10 days later
05/15 red patches appeared in between previously radiated area, skin mets. Ct and brain Mri clear. Simulation planned, radiation to start after trip to Alaska.
05/24 new spot identified in scar line on previously radiated reconstructed breast- electron on both side chest wall area and scar line
07/15 multiple skin and lung recurrence begin halaven
11/15 cough much better but very tired on halaven and starting to see some new red skin blotches-suspicious
11/15 heading to China for immune therapy
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05-20-2013, 04:59 PM
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
I'm with Laurel. Gonna go with their assessment and hope that 10 or 20 years down the line, you can take that declaration out and laugh some more!
Barb
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05-21-2013, 08:34 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Philly Suburbs
Posts: 1,709
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Re: CURED as of June 1st!!
Oh Friends!
Please feel good about laughing along with me! I know the law is on my side, so it's just a matter of time until I get what I'm entitled to. It's all a game that they play...and I bet more often than not, people are not well informed...believe what they read in the letter ... and just give up. But this time...they know not with whom they mess!!
I have no intention of actually dying within there ascribed timeframe - which I have since discovered is '12 months or less' - but I am going to die someday - and likely sooner than I had originally planned. I have other insurance policies that I own privately. Those, I'm keeping. But these scheming dirtballs...I want them to cough it up now! I can enjoy this cash before they find a way to go out of business, or change the rules again...or whatever.
I'll keep you posted!
Denise
Roz - you picked just the body part that popped into my head too! Great minds think alike!
'lizbeth - THANKS for laughing - that was my goal! I think there's already a saint for drunks and fools...wouldn't that cover these guys?
Amanda - I don't think this company would spring for a stamp, let alone a card!
Caroline - Snake woman did actually buy this insurance for the school district. Not sure she did it to spite me in particular..but you might be onto something there! As far as photocopying goes...it's odd...you know how in old movies vampires don't show up in mirrors? Well...this letter simply will not copy...coincidence? I think not!
Lien - LOVE the idea of working a trade!
Bird - Wouldn't it be wonderful if just being a man could have protected you! My dad was diagnosed with pretty severe osteoporosis in his early 40s. Over the years, everyone from insurance companies to college financial aid offices questioned us about whether we made a mistake and meant my MOM had osteoporosis.
Laurel Honey - I don't mind being cured! I'm planning on it! I just want the money they owe me first.
Marie - this is a stupid life insurance company. My health insurance company is AWESOME! Shout out to Independence Blue Cross!! Wouldn't trade them for anything! If the cure sticks...I will def post phone #
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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