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				Re: Free legal resources for cancer patients - CLRC
			 
 I'm bumping this one up! 
I hope none of you need it...but sadly, I find I do.    
Denise
				__________________1/11-needle biopsy
 2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
 3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
 4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
 8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
 10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
 11/11 radiation x28
 1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
 1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
 2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
 4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
 6/8/12 Return to work :)
 6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
 7/10/12 last Herceptin
 7/23/12 Brain Mets  %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
 8/10/12  Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
 8/23/12 Back to work
 12/20/12  Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
 1/12/13  2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
 1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
 1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
 5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
 5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
 6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
 6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
 7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
 7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS  I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
 7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
 7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
 8/26/13  Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
 9/9/13  Brain MRI - fingers crossed
 “ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ”   – Cavett Robert
 
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