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julierene's obituary - very sad to report
when reading julierene's posts i looked at the beautiful photographs K. Lane had taken of her and her family last spring. she'd posted the link here with the title "giving is awesome". as i read through the comments on the photos i saw a post from a julie bates thanking people for their compliments and i assumed that to be julierene herself. i've had a bad feeling since she'd posted about brain mets and then disappeared, so i googled "julie bates obituary texas" because i knew she'd moved down there. unfortunately i got the result i did not want. julierene lost her battle with this awful disease 22 days ago on january 7th.
http://www.tributes.com/show/Julie-Bates-87600253
i had just finished reading many of her posts tonight with the K. Lane photo pictorial's music playing in the background. they are gorgeous photos that i know her 3 children will cherish. if you go to http://www.klanephotography.com/ you can click Enter Site, then click on Your Pictures up top. julie's password was:
survivor
she really was.
i am sorry to pass on this news, but i know i am not the only one who wondered and cared about her.
valerie
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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!
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