I wear a cotton camisole with a button up shirt over the top. Makes it easy for them and easy for me. Most importantly, I take a pair of really fun socks to wear in the chair. My mom was a sock nut and I have become one. I pick really warm fuzzy, goofy ones to keep me warm and make me smile. Then when I need to "run" to the restroom, I do it on "fun feet"! They provide pillows and blankets for comfort, but I bring the "personal" things. It always seemed to me that if I made it easy for them, they'd make it easy for me! Surely does seem to have worked. I feel like a princess there!
Best wishes for "port treatment"!
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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