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dawn · 02-06-2007, 05:20 PM

Hi Penny,

We all know how you are feeling and have been there. Im finished my chemo and rads now Im taking Herceptin every three weeks for a year and on Tamoxifen. I've been one of the lucky ones and had zero side effects to anything. Thank God. Everything is looking great so far, all scans and bloodwork are okay. But I still have those fearful moments. Not the panic attacks I had at the beginning. But just wondering what the future holds. For instance, I just put my two children to bed, tucked them in and a wave of, how many more times will I do this? hit me, but shake it off and try to continue on with some normalcy. I find coming to this board and just reading the posts sometimes gives me that pick up I need. Everyone here is fantastic and have been there with encouragement whenever I needed the little boost. It'll get easier. You're getting there.

All the best
Dawn

02-06-2007, 05:20 PM	#8
dawn Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 153	Hi Penny, We all know how you are feeling and have been there. Im finished my chemo and rads now Im taking Herceptin every three weeks for a year and on Tamoxifen. I've been one of the lucky ones and had zero side effects to anything. Thank God. Everything is looking great so far, all scans and bloodwork are okay. But I still have those fearful moments. Not the panic attacks I had at the beginning. But just wondering what the future holds. For instance, I just put my two children to bed, tucked them in and a wave of, how many more times will I do this? hit me, but shake it off and try to continue on with some normalcy. I find coming to this board and just reading the posts sometimes gives me that pick up I need. Everyone here is fantastic and have been there with encouragement whenever I needed the little boost. It'll get easier. You're getting there. All the best Dawn __________________ Dawn Mar 2006Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu 3+++, Er & Pr positive, 8 of 18 pos 03/14/06: Mastectomy 04/19/06 started Chemo adriamycin, chlophosphamide, taxotere 25 rads Nov 1, 06: 3 years Tamoxifen, Herceptin (1yr) Jan 2009 Femara mets to bone aromasin and aredia June2009: Full Histerectomy 2/22/2010 6 spots in liver 2 mm-10 mm: switched to xeloda and Herceptin will continue with Aredia J Scan February 2011 new onc, switch to abraxane April 2011 NED clear organs, 3 spots on bone scar tissue. Scans August 2mm spot on liver and lungs. now on to tykerb/xeloda Dec 2011 scans nothing on lungs, liver down to 1 2 mm spot. j une 2012 another spot on liver on to cisplatin/gemzar.