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Believe51 · 03-17-2008, 11:52 AM

Everyone is different and there is no order to cancer. Cancer has no schedule, no prejustices. Ex: Ed was diagnosed stage IV and it was not even a year until brain mets. Then look at Sheila & Jackie's examples. Try not to lose anymore sleep Sweetie and believe me I know this is a hard feat to accomplish. Some people never ever get brain mets. The hardest things we have faced on this journey is the ability to worry only about the 'What Is' and spend little time worrying about the 'What If's'. Sometimes the 'What If's' never happen and Ed and I would hate to waste time worrying about things that may never be when we could be enjoying some normalcy. That is the best advice that I could give you and again it is just as hard as trying to fight the cancer itself!! Best wishes for some quality sleep. Lots of Love Coming At 'ya>>Believe51

03-17-2008, 11:52 AM	#4
Believe51 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: RHODE ISLAND (Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008) 'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume ALWAYS BELIEVE Posts: 3,000	Ceesun Everyone is different and there is no order to cancer. Cancer has no schedule, no prejustices. Ex: Ed was diagnosed stage IV and it was not even a year until brain mets. Then look at Sheila & Jackie's examples. Try not to lose anymore sleep Sweetie and believe me I know this is a hard feat to accomplish. Some people never ever get brain mets. The hardest things we have faced on this journey is the ability to worry only about the 'What Is' and spend little time worrying about the 'What If's'. Sometimes the 'What If's' never happen and Ed and I would hate to waste time worrying about things that may never be when we could be enjoying some normalcy. That is the best advice that I could give you and again it is just as hard as trying to fight the cancer itself!! Best wishes for some quality sleep. Lots of Love Coming At 'ya>>Believe51 __________________ 9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI 6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression 10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement, NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5 12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!