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Julierene, Your not alone on this one. I've experience the same thing...totally deserted the minute they found out I had BC. So many ppl told me that "Cancer cleans house" and I found that to be very true.
I realize that cancer makes people uncomfortable and they don't know what to say...but to just up & disappear is cruel in my opinion. Obviously I'm better off without those people but its sure been rough going through this entire BC journey/nightmare alone. Its bad enough having your life turned upside down overnight...but to have friends & family you thought you could depend on walk out on you is heart breaking. The ppl I never even questioned for a moment that would be there for me weren't. Even after finishing chemo, getting my hair back and back to my new normal...those people are still MIA. I sometimes don't know how I got this far by myself.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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