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Re: I'm back (sorry to those of you that were glad to see me go)...but I'll be gone a
I'm with Sheila on the "To ALL - Please Remember Our Focus Joe". It'd be good to focus on the support and the reasons we are here. We obviously have widely diverging views on what is happening with health care in general in the US as well as on the insurance industry. And obviously each of us has strong beliefs that we're the ones with the obvious/logical response. I'd be glad if this thread and others that are controversial right now were just deleted or at least stopped so that we can move on. We're too important to each other regardless of these views.
I care about all of you and suspect the majority of every one here has the same perspective. We can be scared of the personal implications...or thankful for them. But hopefully we can keep it personal and peaceful.
Respectfully submitted,
Melanie
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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