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09-18-2007, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
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Hmmmmm...Chinese hamster ovary....MAYBE that is why I just happen to notice today when I was looking at my chin in the car mirror....I have this fine fuzz that I have on my chin now!!! I don't remember having that prior to chemo and herceptin...
LOL!!!!!!
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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09-22-2007, 06:35 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
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Another idea...
I was thinking about buying a little stuffed animal hamster/mouse/rat and a journal. What do you think about mailing this hamster and journal around the world. I was thinking of taking some photos of the hamster and me and of my "life". It would be a good way to get to know more about each other.
Then I will mail her and the journal to the next person who wants her for a visit. What do you all think???
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PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR-
Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam." - Popeye
My Photo Album
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09-22-2007, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
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serious
My last post was a serious question - just in case any of you think I have officially gone "hamster crazy". I think it would be fun to mail this journal around to everyone.
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PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR-
Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam." - Popeye
My Photo Album
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09-22-2007, 10:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
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I think that is a great idea! I would do it!!
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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09-22-2007, 01:11 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...
Posts: 1,904
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Open Arms -- Seriously!
I'd be happy to welcome and entertain the little desert creature and take some pics and journal -- then send her, and the complete package, on its way! A group activity! A bonding thing. Love it, Pinkie!
I goggled CHO (Chinese Hamster Ovaries). This hamster originated in Southern China and Mongolia and are commonly used as lab animals -- for biological and medical research. Ie re genetics, gene expression "particularly expression of recombinant (rapidly growing) proteins"!
I like the kind you don't have to feed or cage. The perfect pet. A huggy hamster.
Of course -- we must *name* her something cool... How do you like BRAVEHEART?!!
Just thinking out loud. So to speak...
Andi 
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'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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09-25-2007, 06:55 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Costa del Sol.
Spain
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Hello girls. Dont you think we are hamming this a little too much. I am only peeved cos I got the hamster hair and my lashes are not growing anymore after I bought ecological organic (what's it called lash paint) Mascara thats it, I am having memory loss on herceptin after all. I am enjoying these fun emails, how about yoos. Myra. A.
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