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Dear Stephanie
Being on chemo for 7 months with no break - you are a saint! As far as the new lump, soft usually means cyst but we can't take any chances with "the girls". Are you still menstrating or not? Just wondering.
Taxane neuropathy is also a huge pain - I know and only had it for 2 months. It will improve dramatically after you are off of it but it takes time for it all to diminish.
Stay strong. Do what you can. Plan a board game night or movie night with the kids and get some pizza and some good junk food. Its not the same as rolling in the mud with them but it is still doing something with them. Maybe even baking or baking cut out cookies and let them decorate them (or you all decorate them). I will be thinking about you.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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