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07-14-2011, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
Posts: 4,128
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Re: Spring Gardens
Faux - you are still the Garden Queen. Have your granddaughter call you a "person with many years of life experience."
That is what our grandson was told when he did our interview. Guess his teacher was a little more tactful!
P.S. You can have some of our damp and cool weather! At least it has been easy on the water bill, which usually goes up quite a bit around this time of year.
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Live in the moment.
MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~
Found suspicious lump 9/2000
Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
36 rads - very little burning
3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.
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07-14-2011, 01:42 PM
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#162
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 600
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Re: Spring Gardens
Dale and I keep discussing how far we would have to travel to get to where it is cool. I have visited Washington state once but he has never seen the Pacific Northwest. It is beautiful though I believe I would miss the sunshine (but not the heat).
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Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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07-19-2011, 02:34 PM
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#163
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: "Love never fails."
Posts: 5,808
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Re: Spring Gardens
Is that you and Dale (The Santa Clause) in the profile picture?
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Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
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07-19-2011, 06:28 PM
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#164
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 600
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Re: Spring Gardens
Yes. We went to a Halloween party. He was "Bad Santa" and I was "Cookie." Santa loves cookies. ; ) I curled his beard and he carried a gigantic bottle of Jack Daniels, only it had tea in it.
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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09-04-2011, 07:44 PM
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#165
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 2,077
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Re: Spring Gardens
My garden was sorta beat this year. One thing, I didn't have enough time to work it this year, but it was a strange summer here this year. I saw fewer bees, not even any bumblebees and no snakes at all in my yard. Last year there was a snake every couple of steps. The first toad I saw was a few days ago. Awful late in the season. Not many turtles on the river, either. I don't use any pesticides or even any real fertilizer, relying mainly on compost and working the soil. I've talked to a few gardening friends this year and they said everyone had a lame garden. Anyone else having trouble? Observed anything unusual this year? Or is it just me and my sad garden. I did see a chipmunk running all around in one of my cherry tomato plants and raising hell. I think he's eating them 30 seconds before they get ripe enough to pick. I didn't know a chipmunk ate tomatoes, but I'm starting to suspect that they do. They're wiley little creatures. Any thoughts?
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09-04-2011, 08:48 PM
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#166
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,142
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Re: Spring Gardens
I don't know how to solve your gardening problems Bill, but I wanted to say "hi" and better luck next year.
It could be the change in weather or climate this year.
Ever tried a small garden in pots that you can move away from Mr. Chipmunk? At least you would get some fresh veggies that way.
Take care.
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