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Old 01-31-2013, 06:36 PM   #12
NanaJoni
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Re: Writer looking for participants to share stories

Dianne - I guess maybe I seem to be a little hard on you - but if I had to talk or write about "my relationship with my breasts" it would go something like this: We were together for almost 50 years and they betrayed me terribly so I had to let them go. Just dump them. And since then I've had relationships six new breasts but none of them have been satisfactory. Guess there's nothing like that first one. So now I'm moving on and have just "settled" for my current breasts -something I said I'd never do.

Guess some of us just end up with something of a twisted sense of humor. But it gets me through the tough times. I do wish you luck with your project.
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Joni -64 yrs old -
3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast
3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated
3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear
3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side
4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides
5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo
07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side.
07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin
08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont.
12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks
4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc.
5/2011 - NED!!! port out.
8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED
7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed.
2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.
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