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Re: Cancer and marriage
I think you have a belief in your heart of how your family and friends will be - then reality hits and it is just not so.
My husband was supportive, then angry, supportive, then angry and resentful. It hurt to be going through what I felt could be the end of my life and not have the full love and support of the ones I needed the most showering upon me.
I was hurt, upset, angry, and devastated. I ended up doing almost everything: cooking, cleaning, etc.
Less than 1 week after my axillary node dissection I was in the kitchen cooking a full on Easter dinner. And it is true - if I was able to do that I must be okay, right?
What I have learned from my cancer experience is to ask for help. I was not able to do so at the time. I should have been in counseling with the right person. It would have made a tremendous difference.
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Diagnosed 2007
Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes
Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation
Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri"
Additional treatments:
GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr
Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients
ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla
Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision
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