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08-16-2007, 08:34 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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***Know when it's time to fire your doctor***
thought this post was valid here.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/16...doc/index.html
Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
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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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08-18-2007, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 600
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Book-"How Doctors Think"
I hvae been reading a book called "How Doctors Think" by Dr. Groopman, if I am not mistaken. Everyone should read it.
Leslie
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08-18-2007, 09:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
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Thanks Rhonda for the link. the way I look at doctor's is -- it's like buying a pair of shoes. You don't buy them without trying them on first and if they aren't comfortable you either return them or don't buy them.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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08-19-2007, 05:54 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
Posts: 279
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tough decisions!
Since the beginning of my treatment I have had four Oncologists. The first was wonderful but overworked and too far to continue driving to. The second became surly and rude when I asked for a brain MRI and other treatments I had read about on this site. The third was very nice but didn't agree with scans either though would perform them if I came up with "symptoms". Some of his nursing staff however, was terribly rude and caused an infection to spread into my port. The fourth is very compliant with my requests, is a lecturer at ASCO and well respected. My personal interactions leave much to be desired - I feel he thinks there is something wrong with me since I have changed Oncologists so often! Yeeps, its a never ending trial~
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Kim
Diagnosed 7/05
Stage 3a er+(45%) pr+(68%) Her2+ (40%)
3.8 cm + .8cm multi focal - pleomorphic lobular tumors
high grade DCIS
7/20 nodes
BRCA 2 positive as of 5/07
surgeries: double mastectomy, hysterectomy (LAVH)
A/C,Herceptin for 1 year completed 11/06
femara
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08-19-2007, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Louisville KY
Naples FL
Posts: 665
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Rhonda
My oncologist was very supportive in the beginning and so kind. Now, she
tells me I read too much and when I make suggestions about any further
test or treatment, she says, these drugs are expensive. I am near the
end of herceptin and have had few scans except the mugas for my heart.
I realize we can't run to the Dr. every month for tests but we have to be
informed.
patb
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Diagnosed June, 06, Stage I, Grade3, ER+PR- Her2positive, No Nodes. A/C X 4. Radiation 33 with boost, Herceptin every two weeks until Nov.
07, Arimedex for 5 years. Mugas and Echo and chest xRay. Bone scan of whole Body, and Back of Brain and spine MRI.
CT scan of Lungs every six months
due to two small places. December
2009, bone scan due to bone pain.
Follow up test in 2010.
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08-19-2007, 05:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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Great analogy Kate. I liked that.
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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