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Hi Laurie,
I'm sorry, but I had to laugh when you talked about A/C and having regular menstrual cycles. Before I started chemo, I tried very hard to pull out the positives of going through treatment, and I could only come up with two (besides the obvious of curing the cancer): 1. my horrible monthly cycles would disappear for several months 2. I wouldn't have to shave my legs everyday
WRONGGGGGGGGGGGG!
I never missed a beat with my periods, they were just as awful, and came just like clockwork, and even though I didn't have a hair on my head, the hair on my legs seemed to grow twice as fast as before. I thought the same thing, "What kind of sick joke is this?!"
On the positive, when I started Taxol, the periods finally stopped. But be careful what you wish for- the hot flashes are hellacious! I would rather have 3 periods a month. Yes, it's Dec. 9 and we would be the only house on the block still running thier air conditioning.
Anyways, I can certainly identify with you and my heart goes out to you!!
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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