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07-07-2006, 12:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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Did any of YOU get breast cancer from ironing your breasts?
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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07-07-2006, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 13
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Hmmmm....I wasn't terribly flat, so I guess not! My God, I can't believe what some cultures do to their very young girls...it makes me hurt just thinking about it.
Sue
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07-07-2006, 04:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Morris, IL
Posts: 3,507
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OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They flatten and sag in time anyway....I didn't need an iron!
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"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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Sheila
Diagnosed at age 49.99999 2/21/2002 via Mammography (Calcifications)
Core Biopsy 2/22/02
L. Mastectomy 2/25/2002
Stage 1, 0.7cm IDC, Node Neg from 19 nodes Her2+++ ER PR Neg
6/2003 Reconstruction W/ Tissue Expander, Silicone Implant
9/2003 Stage IV with Mets to Supraclavicular nodes
9/2003 Began Herceptin every 3 weeks
3/2006 Xeloda 2500mg/Herceptin for recurrence to neck nodes
3/2007 Added back the Xeloda with Herceptin for continued mets to nodes
5/2007 Taken Off Xeloda, no longer working
6/14/07 Taxol/Herceptin/Avastin
3/26 - 5/28/08 Taxol Holiday Whopeeeeeeeee
5/29 2008 Back on Taxol w Herceptin q 2 weeks
4/2009 Progression on Taxol & Paralyzed L Vocal Cord from Nodes Pressing on Nerve
5/2009 Begin Rx with Navelbine/Herceptin
11/09 Progression on Navelbine
Fought for and started Tykerb/Herceptin...nodes are melting!!!!!
2/2010 Back to Avastin/Herceptin
5/2010 Switched to Metronomic Chemo with Herceptin...Cytoxan and Methotrexate
Pericardial Window Surgery to Drain Pericardial Effusion
7/2010 Back to walking a mile a day...YEAH!!!!
9/2010 Nodes are back with a vengence in neck
Qualified for TDM-1 EAP
10/6/10 Begin my miracle drug, TDM-1
Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
12/6/10 Started Halaven (Eribulen) /Herceptin excellent results in 2 treatments
2/2011 I CELEBRATE my 9 YEAR MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/5/11 begin Gemzar /Herceptin for node progression
2/8/2012 Gemzar stopped, Continue Herceptin
2/20/2012 Begin Tomo Radiation to Neck Nodes
2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
5/12/2012 BeganTaxotere/ Herceptin is my next miracle for new node progression
6/28/12 Stopped Taxotere due to pregression, Started Perjeta/Herceptin
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07-07-2006, 05:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Vancouver Canada
Posts: 72
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When my remaining one (they don't call me the Unihooter for nuthin!) gets old and wrinkly, then's the time to iron it!
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07-08-2006, 04:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 148
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I read this story on another forum. I suppose if I were a Cameroon mother who was desperately trying to protect my daughter from sexual predators I would do the same as my women peers. As does genital mutliation, this speaks volumes to the continued oppression of women worldwide.
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07-11-2006, 08:52 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 30
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That's just horrible!
The thought just makes me want to cry for these little girls!
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-- Cathy34
Thanks to my wonderful husband Steve....I couldn't get through this without you!
Wife and mother to 3 wonderful kids - ages 9, 8 and 3
Dx April 2004
Her2+++,ER/PR--,28lymph nodes removed - 2+, no rads
Radical Mastectomy 5/2004
Recrunstruction 10/2004
Chemo ....
A/C/T
5 FU
Gemzar
Avastin
Xeloda
Navelbine
Herceptin
Doxil
Starting Tykerb Trial
Lung Mets
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07-11-2006, 12:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,014
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DAMN!, I guess that's what I did wrong. All those years of ironing my breasts and keeping them nice and wrinkle free have finally caught up with me. Maybe it was the brand of spray starch I used on them. If I had known it would cause BC, I would have just let the wrinkly old things flop out. REally now...I can't believe anyone would even consider doing that to themselves or children...sherryg683
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