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Re: Going camping for 2 nights and forgot my Tamoxifen
Thank you so much for your replies! We were on our way to the camping site when I realized I had forgotten my Tamoxifen. I exclaimed out loud and my husband was ready to turn back. I then typed this message on my iPhone and called the cancer center which told me it would be no problem. I then thought about stopping at a Walgreens nearby and was able to get a 2-pill supply for the weekend in 15min.
When I got back in the car, my sweet 9-year-old said that she'd rather pitch the tent in
the dark and go home to get my medicine than let me
go without it. I love my family so very much.
In any case, we had a blast. Lots of bug bites but thankfully somehow they got me
in my ankles rather than my arm.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Love,
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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