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BonnieR · 05-23-2010, 08:53 PM

Kathy, good point. It would be enpowering. I believe the measure of damage would be how this affects my future functioning and that is still not clear. And, of course, if it honestly looked like cancer on the frozen section, then it might just be "one of those things".

And then there is the fact that I woke up at one point in my hospital room with an IV running in my wrist right above my lymphedema bracelet that says "no needles". And despite the signs on my chart and over the bed.
I was lucky to get out alive!

05-23-2010, 08:53 PM	#19
BonnieR Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,210	Re: Bad News/Good News/Keep the Faith Kathy, good point. It would be enpowering. I believe the measure of damage would be how this affects my future functioning and that is still not clear. And, of course, if it honestly looked like cancer on the frozen section, then it might just be "one of those things". And then there is the fact that I woke up at one point in my hospital room with an IV running in my wrist right above my lymphedema bracelet that says "no needles". And despite the signs on my chart and over the bed. I was lucky to get out alive! __________________ Bonnie Post menopause May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3 Ki-67: 90% "suspicious area" left breast Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007 Sentinel Node Neg Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy.... Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07 OncoType score 36 (July 07) Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07) Began Herceptin alone 10/07 Finished Herceptin July /08 D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!) 5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed! Aromasin started 5/10