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Old 04-07-2013, 09:43 AM   #14
BonnieR
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Re: Cold Caps...

SoCalGal, you put it very well. There IS something liberating about being bald for a period of time. Like a rite of passage or symbol. In retrospect, I would not have tried to hide it so much. But everyone has their comfort zones I know of a woman who refused chemo because she didn't want to be bald for her high school reunion. She died. Bad trade off.
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Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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