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Re: Decided to post...because I know you will understand...
Oh, Maureen, I'm sorry about your friend and your stress and fears. I read a spiritual book recently written by a hospice chaplain that worked on ground zero on 9/11 and later had breast cancer. It is a book of essays beautifully written that helped me on my emotional and spiritual recovery. The title is called "The Voice That Calls You Home" by Andrea Raynor. I heard about the book on NPR and she is great. It may help you deal with your loss.
As for your stress and fears, I had the exact same thing happen to me a
month or ago. In my case, the pain was in my buttocks. I had clear scans and the pain went away. Just something that we have to
live with in our new boobless normal!
Good luck to you, I'll be praying for clear scans to you. I
follow your blog and you always bring a smile to my face with your positive attitude.
Big hugs,
Marcia
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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