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Old 01-19-2015, 09:06 PM   #9
KaiM
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Re: How many of us are taking some kind of medication for depression?

I was having such bad anxiety attacks after diagnosis I would hardly sleep, and then after several rounds of chemo was experiencing intense hot flashes a dozen times a day. My doc put me on Paxil to help with all of this and I have been on it ever since. I think it definitely helps, but it doesn't make any of it go away completely. I still have anxiety and occasional hot flashes, but it is manageable now.
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9/11 - dx 3 mnths after giving birth to my 2nd child. (not a clogged milk duct) ER/PR- HER2+++
10/11 - Initially staged at 2b after unilateral mastectomy
11/11 - CT scan 4 weeks later found spots on bones and liver (crap!) Stage 4
12/11 - starting TCH
5/12 - STABLE. stoping TCH after 6 months and continuing Herceptin with Tykerb and Xgeva
8/12 - STABLE, but I'm calling it NED because all they see is bone scaring!
11/12 - STABLE
2/13 - STABLE
6/13 - STABLE
9/13 - STABLE
12/13 - STABLE
3/14 - STABLE
6/14 - STABLE
9/14 - STABLE
12/14 - STABLE
...Continue Herceptin and daily Tykerb and scans every 4 months
1/16 - STABLE
11/18 - Five level spinal fusion from collapsing vertebrae due to spinal Mets/radiation
12/19 - STABLE
Mom to Audrey (12 yrs) and Hudson (8)

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