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Re: More Progression
Hey Girl!
Anything new?! I was thinking of you last night...around 7:30 my time...and you made me smile!  Here's what went down...
I went to my son's concert last night, and as I walked the 200 yards or so to get from my car to the auditorium...huffing and puffing like crazy...I had to stop and chuckle, thinking of you...lung mets aplenty...running, walking, playing footall with your 'baby'...
and here I am...supposedly with healthy lungs...suckin' wind like geezer on his last leg! Stupid, crazy cancer!
The concert was excellent! (his completely impartial mother stated modestly) My son did the voice-over for a patriotic medley...quotes of Lincoln's Gettysberg Address - the kid could do radio! And, of course, the real reason for the concert...he plays a mean French Horn too.
Fortunately, the show was also long enough that I had time to catch my breath before the looong, forced march back to my car. I could have been driven back to the car...but I'd have to have 'bumped' one of the 80-year-old grandparents, or the guy on crutches from the car to do it...so I walked...sloooooowly.
I hope you have a terrific day! And, thanks for the giggle!
Sending prayers and love...
Denise
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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