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despite my bout...
with the blues, I really do try to use a lot of humor to fight. I am blessed with hilarious people in my life and I love funny movies and books. I also always try to plan things to look forward to in order to 'string myself along'. It can be little or big stuff. I have friends that I just relish spending one on one time with and we plan dinners together and I always look forward and enjoy. I love music and look forward to concerts, etc. A trip here and there is also very helpful if means allow. I tell myself that I have to be well cause i'm doing this 'thing' soon. And despite all my recent kvetching I really feel quite well and look healthy and 5 years ago they gave me maybe 3 months to live. My photo that you see is from April 2005 (in Mexico with my best friend)-3 YEARS AFTER that prognosis.
Be creative and fight on, my friend!
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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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