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My husband, mother-in-law, and granddaughter will head home today! I will stay one more day. I think I just can't face the water yet. We were really lucky they tell us...just in the first level and very fixable. But everything is stacked upstairs and for some reason I just can't see all my plants washed away and my home disrupted yet. I'll stay one more day and let my husband talk me through the results over the phone to get me ready.
Sometimes I think I've become a brain dead person with very little ability to deal with stress anymore. But I'll rest today and make up my mind to head home and be happy tomorrow. I am so lucky and so grateful for what I have. I'll have my one day pity party and then "get on with it"! We lost so little and have so much! Mostly each other and our beautiful view. There is a price for everything, isn't there?
My friends in Houston, Baytown, Kemah, and the surrounding areas are in a pickle. I'm an Exxon brat and grew up in Baytown so I know the fear when storms come and the reality of what could happen at the refinery and the other chemical plants and refineries. We lived on the ship channel and watched those huge tankers go by every day! Didn't know til I was older how dangerous all that stuff really can be.
Thank you for checking on me. I'll have my attitude fixed by nightfall and be on the road tomorrow!
Luv to you all, ma
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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