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fauxgypsy · 11-11-2007, 04:46 PM

Thanks, R.B., I am adding more omega threes to my diet and will resume the fish oil. I have recently changed oncologist and will hopefully get to ask him about some of this the next time I see him. Seeing specialists always makes me think of the blind men and the elephant. It is one of Aesops fables, I believe. Several blind men got an opportunity to meet an elephant. The first one felt of the elephant's tail and said the elephant was very much like a rope. The second blind man felt the elephants leg and said the elephant was very like a tree. The third blind man felt of the elephants trunk and said the elephant was very like a snake. I think there were seven blind men in all. In any case, none them saw the whole elephant. Sometimes I feel like I am the elephant.

Leslie

11-11-2007, 04:46 PM	#18
fauxgypsy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 600	Thanks, R.B., I am adding more omega threes to my diet and will resume the fish oil. I have recently changed oncologist and will hopefully get to ask him about some of this the next time I see him. Seeing specialists always makes me think of the blind men and the elephant. It is one of Aesops fables, I believe. Several blind men got an opportunity to meet an elephant. The first one felt of the elephant's tail and said the elephant was very much like a rope. The second blind man felt the elephants leg and said the elephant was very like a tree. The third blind man felt of the elephants trunk and said the elephant was very like a snake. I think there were seven blind men in all. In any case, none them saw the whole elephant. Sometimes I feel like I am the elephant. Leslie __________________ In the world of destiny, there are no statistics. Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3 February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy. March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy, June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative August 7th - Brain MRI-negative August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07 July 2008-Finished Herceptin!