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03-09-2007, 10:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 758
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2 years today!
I can't help shouting! I am so thrilled to be here and not there. I was diagnosed 2 years ago today and am NED. I am so grateful for all of you, my oncologists, my family, my friends and my God that I can celebrate today. I just know that I will survive and if I don't that will be okay, too. Because my life has been and still is an incredible journey.
Thank you all for being here.
Love and hugs,
Marlys
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03-09-2007, 10:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Morris, IL
Posts: 3,507
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MARLYS
Congratulations.....these days are so important to us...Have a great day and Celebrate your 2 year anniversary...may you have many many more to come!!!!!
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"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Hugs & Blessings
Sheila
Diagnosed at age 49.99999 2/21/2002 via Mammography (Calcifications)
Core Biopsy 2/22/02
L. Mastectomy 2/25/2002
Stage 1, 0.7cm IDC, Node Neg from 19 nodes Her2+++ ER PR Neg
6/2003 Reconstruction W/ Tissue Expander, Silicone Implant
9/2003 Stage IV with Mets to Supraclavicular nodes
9/2003 Began Herceptin every 3 weeks
3/2006 Xeloda 2500mg/Herceptin for recurrence to neck nodes
3/2007 Added back the Xeloda with Herceptin for continued mets to nodes
5/2007 Taken Off Xeloda, no longer working
6/14/07 Taxol/Herceptin/Avastin
3/26 - 5/28/08 Taxol Holiday Whopeeeeeeeee
5/29 2008 Back on Taxol w Herceptin q 2 weeks
4/2009 Progression on Taxol & Paralyzed L Vocal Cord from Nodes Pressing on Nerve
5/2009 Begin Rx with Navelbine/Herceptin
11/09 Progression on Navelbine
Fought for and started Tykerb/Herceptin...nodes are melting!!!!!
2/2010 Back to Avastin/Herceptin
5/2010 Switched to Metronomic Chemo with Herceptin...Cytoxan and Methotrexate
Pericardial Window Surgery to Drain Pericardial Effusion
7/2010 Back to walking a mile a day...YEAH!!!!
9/2010 Nodes are back with a vengence in neck
Qualified for TDM-1 EAP
10/6/10 Begin my miracle drug, TDM-1
Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
12/6/10 Started Halaven (Eribulen) /Herceptin excellent results in 2 treatments
2/2011 I CELEBRATE my 9 YEAR MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/5/11 begin Gemzar /Herceptin for node progression
2/8/2012 Gemzar stopped, Continue Herceptin
2/20/2012 Begin Tomo Radiation to Neck Nodes
2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
5/12/2012 BeganTaxotere/ Herceptin is my next miracle for new node progression
6/28/12 Stopped Taxotere due to pregression, Started Perjeta/Herceptin
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03-09-2007, 11:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: northshore suburb of chicago
Posts: 1,093
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Congrats Maryls on reaching this momentous anniversary and with being NED! I am so thrilled for you. Don't think anything but surviving please. You have made it to two years and will continue to celebrate many many more years being NED. Now go celebrate doing something you have always wanted to do. It's great you can appreciate how full your life has been but you have a lot more coming to appreciate.
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~Rina~
Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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03-09-2007, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 823
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Congrats On 2 Years
Marlys congrats on your two years of being NED, this is WONDERFUL NEWS.
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Vicki
Texas
Biopsy Dx'd 3-23-05 Age 48
MRM 4-5-05 w/ 2 tumor's 5cm, and 6 cm (right side)
IDC (poorly differentiated infiltrating ductual carcinoma)
5+/16 nodes
Stage III A
Grade 3
ER/PR-, Her2/neu ++
Ki67 78%
Begin Chemo 5-2-05 4XAC Dose Dense , 4X Abraxane Dose Dense (ended August 05)
28 Rad's ended October 13 2005
Started Herceptin Weekly August 2005 for one year
Had a Simple mastectomy left side after Mamo showed incresed micro-calcifications. Jan. 17 2006.
Brain MRI Feb.2006--All Clear
August 28, 2006 Last Weekly Herceptin.
October 2006--Colonoscopy, 6 Polyp's removed--all B9
PET Scan July 2007
Abdominal MRI Oct. 2007---2 Right Kidney Cysts
Core Biopsy-- Lump on Scar Line 1-10-08---B9
Brain MRI 6-2008--All Clear
PET/CT Scan 6-2008
Sept. 8 2008, 4CM area removed from mastectomy scar line. Proved to be B9.
PET/CT Scan-- July 2009 --All clear
August 17,2009 ---Had Port Removed
6 Years NED -- April 5,2011
DX'd with Melanoma left arm 10-10-2011
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03-09-2007, 01:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Colorado
Posts: 131
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Tonight at 4:00 pm sharp (MST)...
...I will be raising a glass of 15 year old scotch in a toast in your honor!
Thanks for the excuse (lol) 
Love and Light
Mel
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Mel Gordon, Husband of Lisa Lowe - Queen of Love and Light and the bravest person I know!
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03-09-2007, 02:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: St. George, UT
Posts: 582
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Congratulations, Marlys! I wish we could have had another visit this year during the baseball games in Mesa, but next time you go through St George on your way home give me a call. Email me and I'll give you the phone number! You are an inspiration! Hugs, Tricia
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