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Old 12-01-2011, 09:28 AM   #1
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Smile Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Happy Birthday dear Pinky and Soccermom!!

May you be blessed with many happy years of good health ahead!

And of course, eat some chocolate, it's good for you!

all the best
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Old 12-01-2011, 10:19 AM   #2
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Wink Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Happy Birthday to you both. Let's party !!

Getting older is a good thing !!
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Old 12-01-2011, 12:02 PM   #3
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
(are you singing? come on! work with me!)
Happy Birthday dear Pink and Soccermom...
Happy Birthday to yooooouuu! (that was the big finish!)

Wishing you scores and scores more happy birthdays!!
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Old 12-01-2011, 03:02 PM   #4
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Happy Birthday ladies!!!!
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Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
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2014 Normal Dexa scan
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Old 12-01-2011, 04:15 PM   #5
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Happy Birthday!

['Girl' and 'Mom' playing 'Pink''Soccer' together ]
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Old 12-01-2011, 04:24 PM   #6
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Pink and Soccermom...A very happy birthday to you both! Hugs, Ceesun
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Old 12-01-2011, 07:24 PM   #7
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Dear Pink and Marcia

I hope you had a wonderful day and evening.

Happy Birthday!!!!
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Oophorectomy 8/05
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Old 12-01-2011, 07:38 PM   #8
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Another year's over and a new one's just begun. And so happy Birthday! I hope you have fun. The near and the dear ones. The old and the young....

May you both have many, many more years, and grow old, and wise, funny, and truly happy. You guys bless me!

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Old 12-01-2011, 08:32 PM   #9
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Talking Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Thank you ladies.. I did enjoyed the day with my daughter!
Pink girl hope u had an amazing day
Love you gals!
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Old 12-01-2011, 09:33 PM   #10
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Many, many happy returns to you both!!!
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Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement)
Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk
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Old 12-02-2011, 08:02 AM   #11
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Thanks everyone. Happy Birthday Marcia!!!
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Old 12-05-2011, 08:31 AM   #12
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

A little late but keep on celebrating...it's your birthday MONTH!!!!!
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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
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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'
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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!!
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Old 12-11-2011, 06:03 PM   #13
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Re: Double Birthdays Today - Pinkgirl and Soccermom!!

Belated happy b-days to you both.
Hope you had wonderful days.
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