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put so well
I just love this post. You summed up so much truth so eloquently. I, too, know what you mean and have seen it at my cancer center for 7 years. There are actually days where we have so much fun-strangely. I love the nurses-there is nothing like an oncology nurse is there? I see so much love between patients and caregivers it is so heartwarming. Often the nurses ask me to talk to the younger bc gals who are just starting and I always feel honored and humbled. It also brings me back to my first "chemo ed" before beginning A/C. I sat and barely listened to the nurse as I quietly cried and cried. I was so afraid of the unknown, chemo, cancer (still am honestly). BUT while chatting with the new gals, I realize how far I have come, how many odds I have beaten, how much I have learned about life and, I have to admit, it does me a world of good.
Your post does us all a world of good, thank you!
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with love and gratitude,
joy
dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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