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v-ness · 04-20-2011, 06:23 PM

i am so grateful that my diagnosis didn't come until a few years after bob's (him 2007, me 2009). i got to devote all my mind and heart to him for the 10 weeks we had once we knew his esophageal cancer was stage 4. i cannot imagine if we'd both been diagnosed at the same time and going through treatment, even if the hospital is only half a mile away. his swift death definitely colored how i took the news of my own cancer. the first thing i did when my friend arrived was ask what would happen to my cats? it took a while to wrap my mind around the idea that cancer didn't equal death. education did the trick, but seeing the women here helped even more. valerie

04-20-2011, 06:23 PM	#6
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Heartbreaking story of a young couple fighting cancer together i am so grateful that my diagnosis didn't come until a few years after bob's (him 2007, me 2009). i got to devote all my mind and heart to him for the 10 weeks we had once we knew his esophageal cancer was stage 4. i cannot imagine if we'd both been diagnosed at the same time and going through treatment, even if the hospital is only half a mile away. his swift death definitely colored how i took the news of my own cancer. the first thing i did when my friend arrived was ask what would happen to my cats? it took a while to wrap my mind around the idea that cancer didn't equal death. education did the trick, but seeing the women here helped even more. 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!