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Re: Fuming
Congrats on kicking the tobacco! My mother passed away 7 yrs ago this week from small cell lung cancer. And boy, do I need her now to help me thru this, like she did all the others difficulties in my life. By the same token, I'm in pain knowing my sons will need me when I'm gone.
I had a checkup with my surgeon today, who actually dx me last year. I'm having bad fuzzy brain and a short fuse and when his staff told me my medical history had to be redone/updated I flipped. 6 pages of crap like do I have breast pain...I wanted to write I HAVE NO BREASTS! Am I depressed, anxious, get dizzy, short of breath??? YES YES YES!!! I finally wrote in all caps at top stage 4 breast cancer with mets to liver
Stupid thing is, dr knows all of this, there is a longstanding outside personal relationship--so I filled all ths out for the clerks. All of this is in his records and he has it memorized. He is awesome--staff, not so.
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Vicki
Lord, give me the comfort of Your embrace and acceptance of Your will.
3/11: DX: IDC, HER2++, ER/PR neg, stage 4, mets to liver. Primary tumor: grade 3; 11 cm. 2nd smaller tumor: ~2.5cm. Multiple affected nodes, 1 spot on liver. 6 rounds TCH prior to bmx.
7/11: Nothing left except Primary breast tumor now 1.5cm.
8/11: BMX, 17/17 nodes clear. No post-op chemo or radiation indicated. NED!
10/11: NED! Continue Herceptin indef.
2/12: Reoccurence of liver mets; both lobes. Tykerb added to Herceptin.
5/12: Progression of liver mets. Stop Tykerb, start Abraxane & Herceptin weekly.
8/12: Progression in liver and lymph nodes around liver and right kidney. Herceptin not working anymore! Stop Abraxane and Herceptin. Start Tykerb and Xeloda.
10/12: Severe side effects. 3 weeks break from everything.
12/12: It's working! All tumors gone except 2 (from 20+) Continue Tykerb and Xeloda. Brain and spine MRIs clear.
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