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Hi Belinda,
I am so glad to hear that you are doing well so far with your treatments. I think that you will find the Taxol to be much easier to handle. I (12) treatments and just got a little fatigued near the end, but was able to work through it and keep up with my 3 boys. I know how you feel about being a little more optimistic with each passing day. I just finished with all of my reconstruction and have only (6) three-week treatments of Herceptin left. Tomorrow is my one year anniversary and I am amazed over the change since last year. I was DEVASTATED and barely able to function, and now I am so much stronger in every way- physically, emotionally, spiritually...what a journey!! You will be in my prayers, and before you know it, you will be celebrating your last chemo!!!
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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