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04-21-2013, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mountains of Virginia
Posts: 2,267
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Thoughts today
Had a wonderful day with my family and my father celebrating his 83rd birthday. We are very close and I am fortunate to have him in my life.
Just felt the need today to reach out to all of you and thank you for sharing your lives with me and with others on this site. Too often I get so "busy" with LIFE that I fail to fully appreciate the people in my life, and to let them know how important they are. Why else do we struggle so hard to survive, it not for the people in our lives.
So to each of you, especially my SA pals, Thank You! I hope today was a good day, and that tomorrow is even better.
"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival."
C.S. Lewis
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Rhonda (Sassy)
dx age 45
DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa
Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes
Triple Positive
4 DD A/C
12 Taxol/Herceptin
33Rads
Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk
Herceptin for total of 18 months
Lupron Monthly 4 yrs
Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!)
Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin
Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement)
Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk
Back to Arimidex for year seven
Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix
Stop Arimidex 5/13
Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa
5/14 Start Tamoxifen
3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing
5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs
9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen
3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects!
NED and no meds.......
14 YEARS NED!
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04-21-2013, 07:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Madison, Connecticut
Posts: 638
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Re: Thoughts today
Sassy - I am so happy that this is the last post I am reading before logging off and going to bed. We do have so much to be grateful for and having each other here is at the top of my list. Leave it to you to post gratitude and encouragement. Made my day...XO
Love and Hugs,
Kim (from CT)
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2001 - Stage 0, lumpectomy, radiation, tamoxifen
2004 - Stage 4, mets to 4 lobes of lungs and liver, lumpectomy, er/pr -, her2 neu+++, Herceptin and Navelbine then Herceptin only.
2005 - Breast Ca vaccinations with the Tumor Vaccine Group in Seattle
2011 - Still Herceptin only and NED
2011, June - STOPPED Herceptin and kicked up my heels!
2012, February - 1 small tumor came back to haunt me in my lungs - back on Herceptin only, tumor stable.
2015, November - tumor on lungs removed (Segmentectomy), back on Herceptin only
Received U of W vaccine clinical "booster" Vaccine
2022 On Herceptin and NED continues - WOOT WOOT!
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04-21-2013, 09:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cordoba, Mexico
Posts: 672
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Re: Thoughts today
Dear Rhonda,
What a nice post!! Thanks to life for crossing my path with yours, it has been great meeting you and sharing part of my life with yours. Happy Birthday to your Dad, my Dad will be reaching 80 in December, so they are from close generations. I hope to see you soon again and give you a long and strong hug. XOXOXOXOXOX
Paty
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Dx. June 30th, 2006 at age 43
Lumpectomy rt breast
2.2 cm tumor, 13 nodes all negative
ER-PR+,her2+++
6 FAC
32 Rads
Dx. Lung fibrosis due to radiation
Ended 1 year herceptin in March, 2008
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04-22-2013, 07:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,477
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Re: Thoughts today
Hi Rhonda,
Sounds like it was the best kind of day and I am so happy that you were with your family and your dad (and that you have your dad- so wonderful- and are close with your family- also wonderful). Your post brought a huge smile to me and, I agree, that reading it is a very nice way to close out the day. You know your SA pals think you are the greatest !!! Miss you gal.
Love,
karen z
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04-22-2013, 07:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life!
Posts: 2,005
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Re: Thoughts today
Rhonda,
Loved that C.S. Lewis quote. Beautiful.
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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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04-22-2013, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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Re: Thoughts today
Dear Sassy,
Well Said!!!
Just returned from a long weekend trip to Fla. to visit with my two sisters and took my niece along...a really girls weekend. We had such a blast, just us girls.
No husbands, kids, etc. just sisters....
Life is so good.
jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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