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v-ness · 01-06-2010, 09:00 PM

hi lori. congratulations on the last chemo. my last chemo is on 1-21. i confess i am a little apprehensive about chemo ending. naturally i am do not want it to continue, i am not crazy, but it feels a little scary to have it end and be without that protection.

i am a stage 1. i was never offered any scan of any sort and i wonder why. i even had to fight to get a mammogram of my right breast (cancer was in my left). they told me "you just had a mammo in march" which was ridiculous since it was clear then and i had cancer in august. who wouldn't want to be sure it wasn't in both breasts, right? they told me the chance of it being anywhere else, much less visible on a scan, was minimal. however, i sure would not mind some reassurance. i would not mind such reassurance every year from now on!

i guess i am feeling very anxious lately because of the holidays with cancer and without my husband, and now the anniversary of his death is coming up. cancer took him and i sometimes have a hard time these days. valerie

01-06-2010, 09:00 PM	#37
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Newbie to this HER2+ hi lori. congratulations on the last chemo. my last chemo is on 1-21. i confess i am a little apprehensive about chemo ending. naturally i am do not want it to continue, i am not crazy, but it feels a little scary to have it end and be without that protection. i am a stage 1. i was never offered any scan of any sort and i wonder why. i even had to fight to get a mammogram of my right breast (cancer was in my left). they told me "you just had a mammo in march" which was ridiculous since it was clear then and i had cancer in august. who wouldn't want to be sure it wasn't in both breasts, right? they told me the chance of it being anywhere else, much less visible on a scan, was minimal. however, i sure would not mind some reassurance. i would not mind such reassurance every year from now on! i guess i am feeling very anxious lately because of the holidays with cancer and without my husband, and now the anniversary of his death is coming up. cancer took him and i sometimes have a hard time these days. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!