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Up until last month I hadn't had a beer since I started chemo. I like to have a beer occasionally. Then I see this research. I think "d@#&*t. Then I remind myself of the following story. Years ago I was on a beach in N.C. It was cold and I had the beach to myself. A guy came over after a while and we started talking. He said he was a priest and we talked for a little while. Then he offered me an illegal substance (many long years ago). I was shocked, not by the substance but by the priest having it. When I questioned him, he said that he was an Episcopalian priest, that they believed in all things in moderation. So when I start to obsess about something like my occasional beer, I remember the priest on the beach. Quality of life is good!
Leslie
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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