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CoolBreeze · 11-17-2012, 03:35 PM

I've been watching this show all along, and just reviewed it on my blog.

Maura Tierney was going to play the role of Sarah Braverman, but she was diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer and had to drop out, leaving the role to Lauren Graham. So, I have been hoping they would be honest about it - maybe talk to Maura, who has been very active in saying chemo is not that hard.

Spoiler alert: This weeks episode was really good. Some of it was accurate and some was not, but they got all the swirling emotions right. And, how some people say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing, and how dysfunctional families get worse, not better. The scenes from next week show here getting her first chemo and getting really sick though, and I don't know about you, but I've been in that infusion room weekly for 3 years - I've never gotten sick and I've seen almost nobody complain about getting sick, so they are going to do the cancer chemo cliche.

It has been one of my favorite shows and it makes me kind of sick to have to watch it - no more escapism into this family for me. But, they are handling it okay - I would give it a B.

11-17-2012, 03:35 PM	#12
CoolBreeze Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 562	Re: Parenthood I've been watching this show all along, and just reviewed it on my blog. Maura Tierney was going to play the role of Sarah Braverman, but she was diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer and had to drop out, leaving the role to Lauren Graham. So, I have been hoping they would be honest about it - maybe talk to Maura, who has been very active in saying chemo is not that hard. Spoiler alert: This weeks episode was really good. Some of it was accurate and some was not, but they got all the swirling emotions right. And, how some people say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing, and how dysfunctional families get worse, not better. The scenes from next week show here getting her first chemo and getting really sick though, and I don't know about you, but I've been in that infusion room weekly for 3 years - I've never gotten sick and I've seen almost nobody complain about getting sick, so they are going to do the cancer chemo cliche. It has been one of my favorite shows and it makes me kind of sick to have to watch it - no more escapism into this family for me. But, they are handling it okay - I would give it a B. __________________ http://butdoctorihatepink.com 08/17/09 Dx'd. Multifocal/multicentric IDC, largest 3.4 cm, associated ADH, LCIS, DCIS HER2+ ER+/PR- Grade 3, Node Negative 10/20/2009: Right mastectomy, reconstruction with TE 12/02/2009: Six rounds TCH, switched to Taxol halfway through due to neuropathy 03/31/2010: Finished chemo 05/01/2010: Began tamoxifen, the worst drug ever 11/18/2010: Reconstruction completed 12/02/2010: Finished herceptin 05/21/2011: Liver Mets. Quit Tamoxifen 06/22/2011: Navelbine/Zometa/Herceptin 10/03/2011: Liver Resection, left lobe. Microwave ablation, right lobe - going for cure! 11/26/2011: C-Diff Superbug Infection, "worst case doctor had seen in 20 years" 03/28/2012: Progression in ablated section of the liver - no more cure. Started Abraxane, continue herceptin/zometa 10/10/2012: Progression continues, started Halaven, along with herceptin and zometa. 01/15/2013: Progression continues, started Gemzar and Perjeta, an unusual combo, continuing with herceptin and zometa 03/13/2013: Quit Gemzar, body just won't handle it. Staying on herceptin, zometa and perjeta. 04/03/2013: CT shows 50% regression in tumor, so am starting back on Gemzar with dose reduction, staying with perjeta/herceptin/zometa. Can't argue with success! 05/09/2013: Discussing SBRT with Radiology due to inability of bone marrow to recover from chemo. 06/07/2013: Fiducial placement for SBRT 07/03/2013: Chemo discontinued, on Perjeta, Herceptin and Zometa alone 07/25/2013: SBRT (gamma knife) begins 08/01/2013: SBRT completed 08/15/2013: STABLE! continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin, Zometa 06/18/2014: *** NED!!!!*** continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin, Zometa 01/29/2014: Still NED. continuing with Perjeta, Herceptin. Zometa lowered to every 3 months instead of monthly. 11/08/2015: Progression throughout abdomen and lungs. Started TDM-1, aka Kadcyla. Other meds discontinued. Remission was nice while it lasted. 5/27/18: Stable. Kadcyla put me right back in the barn. I have two teeny spots on my lungs that are metabolically inactive, and liver is clean. I’m beating this MFer. I was 51 when this started and had two kids, 22 and 12. Now I’m 60. My oldest got married and trying to start s family. My youngesg graduates from Caltech this June. My stepdaughter gave me grandkids. Life is fantastic.