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Sandy Helped me Today Too!
Thank you friends for you wonderful notes!
It helped getting through my day. I'm at the library now, this morn I dumped a full cup of coffee on my keyboard as I was positioning the cup on a sheet of paper that was sitting on a pile of books. As it turned out the paper was hanging o v e r the side of the books. Splash - oops. At least it was cold coffee not hot!
So I think I'm ordering new apple keyboard today. I was going to upload a picture of myself for all of you when this happened. I promise I'll still do that ASAP.
So I had the CT the bone and an ultrasound of the neck.
Tomorrow will be easier, I'm working till 5 then I'll stop by and hope to pick up my reports. Then I'll be here writing to you.
When last time I had a scan they had a terrible time getting to my veins for the contrast for the CT. So yesterday I went back and read a couple of discussions about IVs and there I happened upon Sandy's note: she went and got her experienced chemo nurse start her IV which the scan technician used for the contrast and the nuclear trace for the scans.
I did the same today! The lovely nurse I found did not mind it a bit and she got a good return already by the second try!
Thank you Laura (the nurse) and THANK YOU SANDY! (over space and time and dimensions) And thank you Lexi, Karen, Kate, Susan, Mary Jo, and Caya for the encuaraging words and prayers!
Please keep it up for me! Do I dare to hope?
xoxo
Odette
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May 18, 2006 Age 52,
Diagnosed infiltrating ductal carcinoma
er/pr- HER2 + 3.9 by FISH
June-August 2006 AC chemo
August-October 2006 Taxotere + Herceptin
November 18, 2006 Mastectomy 16 involved lymph nodes
Jan 2, 2007 start radiation
Stage IV, Jan 12, 2007 recurrence in cervical lymph nodes while on Herceptin, stopped Herceptin
Rad oncologist extended the radiation field, good response
Started Tykerb Xeloda on beginning of May 2007
Progression to lungs and conglomerate lymphadenopathy July 2007
Undecided about next treatment
'One does not get to choose one's adventures'
I'm experimenting with my diet, using green tea, flax seed curry and olive oil
Last edited by Odette; 08-06-2007 at 05:26 PM..
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