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Taking advantage of every day
Cancer has caused such a complex change in me personally and I do believe that it is very important to be as relaxed and positive as possible. In the time since my dx (july 05) there have been so many others in my life that have also been dx; ex-husband, sister in law, brother in law, best friend, best friend's husband, 2nd husband's ex-wife. I feel surrounded by it and forever changed. I dont think blessed is quite the way I think about it, reborn almost. I take everything (non cancer related) easier, I am more mellow and I am more careful about all of my choices (what to eat, how to spend my time, who to spend it with, how i save/spend my money, how i do my job, etc) I am fundamentally a different person. I also live with a level of fear that I often find difficult and have to focus on managing so that the dark clouds dont take over on those days that I know we all have.
Sherry, my thoughts and prayers are with you. My ex-husband also has melanoma (stage 3c).
Hugs,
Patricia
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age 37 @ dx 7/21/05: IDC 1.5cm, grade III, Stage 1c, ER /PR+, HER2+,
7/29/05: Partial Mastectomy
dx 8/15/05: Papillary Thyroid Cancer
9/15/05: Total Thyroidectomy
A/C X 4 DD, 11 weekly Taxol + Herceptin, + 9 mos Herceptin Alone, 36x Rads, Lupron, Aromasin
7/29/07: 2 years NED :)
8/6/07 Oopherectomy (Lupron no more! :-)
Aromasin & Estring plus Synthroid and supplements
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