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Old 10-24-2012, 12:59 PM   #17
Deb33
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Re: Best day of week for chemo?

Day 3 and 4 were the hardest for me. I started with Thursdays but hated spending the weekends in bed. So I switched to Mondays - worked from home on Tuesday and Wed and laid low Thursday. By the weekend I was back to semi normal energy and could feel like I could experience life. It was always a waiting game for me so keeping busy on my "down days" seemed to make them go faster. I hated going to bed because it made me feel sick (I know, I was always in denial). You will figure out the best schedule that works for you.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander

PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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