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12-10-2007, 01:56 PM
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Location: Wilmington, Del.
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Gratitude and Worries
I am grateful that my BC was caught super early. I am grateful that my Year 2 Mammogram is clear and that I have lost 32 of the 45 pounds I gained during treatment. I have even started exercising with Denise Austin at 7 a.m. every day on the Lifetime Channel.
So why am I worrying that this lingering cold is a symptom of recurrence!!!
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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12-10-2007, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Poland Ohio just a little south of Youngstown.
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So why am I worrying that this lingering cold is a symptom of recurrence!!!<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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Because you are completely normal!!
Hugs and keep a good thought.
ps. congrats on the weight loss.
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Susan
Age: 61
dx: 5/25/06
2 cm/ 0 nodes
Lumpectomy rt breast on 7/26/06
ER/PR- / Her2+++
A/C x 4
finished taxotere 2/07
finished 33 rads
Herceptin finished 12/07/07 Yippee!
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12-10-2007, 05:38 PM
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Location: St. George, UT
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More good news on a Monday! It's not unusual to still worry---it's what we do---but sounds as if the blessings outweigh the fears. You are all probably tired of my reminders---but FEAR AND FAITH CANNOT CO-EXIST, so ratchet up the faith and keep believing in miracles! Hugs, Tricia
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12-10-2007, 06:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
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Why? Because that's what we do.
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PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR-
Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam." - Popeye
My Photo Album
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12-10-2007, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
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We worry because Breast Cancer has robbed us of our innocence!!!
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 Suzan W.
age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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12-10-2007, 07:11 PM
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Location: Sheboygan, WI
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Worry..............YUCK! I hate it too. I try not too and as time goes on it gets easier for me BUT when things crop up - a pain here or their etc. the old worry surfaces once again. That's when I put on my prayer armor and TRY to give it all away to the One who knows my tomorrows.
And Tricia, I never get sick of hearing your gentle reminder that "fear and faith cannot co-exist!" I agree wholehearitly with that statement HOWEVER I don't always succeed in living it so your reminders always come when I need to hear them. So, thank you.
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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12-10-2007, 07:40 PM
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Location: Poland Ohio just a little south of Youngstown.
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Amen to that, Mary Jo. Tricia knows what she's talking about.
Hugs girls
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Susan
Age: 61
dx: 5/25/06
2 cm/ 0 nodes
Lumpectomy rt breast on 7/26/06
ER/PR- / Her2+++
A/C x 4
finished taxotere 2/07
finished 33 rads
Herceptin finished 12/07/07 Yippee!
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12-10-2007, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: moved to Lancaster, Pa in June, 2010
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Worry only causes wrinkles and gray hair!!!!! Enjoy the fact your getting your energy and figure back and think " It's just a cold, sometimes they linger."
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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12-10-2007, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
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MJo,
Why worry? Because that's what we do best. Having breast cancer changes a person's life and no matter how hard we try anytime something pops up we automatically think that it must be related to breast cancer. I don't know how long it takes to get over the worry - maybe you never do. I just try to live one day at a time and be thankful for everyone of them.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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12-11-2007, 08:50 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wilmington, Del.
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Thank you for the reminders that I'm normal. I feel better -- which is why I come to this Board. God bless us every one!
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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12-13-2007, 11:24 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oregon
Posts: 715
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Just had my port out. I do not worry until I realize that I am a slacker in some of the areas. True confessions....I work too much, talk on the phone too much, I do not exercise enuf and I have at least one glass of wine a nite. Today it was two at a Christmas luncheon.
I just can not do all the things I am suppose to do to stay cancer free. This connections to fat and diet thing they are trying to prove is driving me crazy and making me feel like I just might cause my own recurrence. I am usually very upbeat...but this is making me feel guilty and grumpie. I am 5foot 3inches, weigh 133pounds and like chocolate and deserts. I do not eat fast food, so maybe there is hope for me.
Please excuse my grumpie mood, Catherine
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Catherine
Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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12-14-2007, 05:36 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: moved to Lancaster, Pa in June, 2010
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Catherine, Don't beat yourself up. If we did all those things what fun would life be? I did all the right things to prevent getting cancer and it got me anyway. I remember when my mother passed away from her breast cancer and a neighbor said she didn't survive because she didn't pray enough or say the right prayer. My mother was a very kind woman full of grace and very devoted to her religion. I think sometimes shit just happens. Relax and try to enjoy life. We are all her2 pos. and not everything is going to work for us like others who are not. I refuse to beat myself up becasue I decide to have a piece of chocolate or dessert.
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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12-14-2007, 08:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wilmington, Del.
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Catherine - do you consider yourself overweight? I have lost 35 of the 45 pounds I gained during treatment, but I am currently about 175 -- and I think I look great (I'm 5'6"). I don't plan to get below 165, and my doctor -- God bless her -- agrees. The weight charts say I should be 155 max. They don't understand big-boned girls like me. I don't say cancer has blessings, but it sure clarified for me that the years I spent trying to get to a size 10 were foolish and wasted. And there were a lot of those years. Today, these poor younger girls want to be size 4. I was in a dress shop recently and a young woman was trying on clothes. SHe told the sales girl she was planning to lose weight for her wedding in March. Then she asked the sales girl to bring a dress to her fitting room -- size 2 or 4. I guess she felt she had to be a size 0 for her wedding. I wanted to cry. I wanted to say something to her but I kept my mouth shut. As for me, I am going to limit--not give up --booze and stay at a healthy weight, God willing. That's all I can do.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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12-15-2007, 10:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oregon
Posts: 715
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Mjo,
No, I do not consider myself overweight. I have been lucky all my life to be fairly "thin." I really do enjoy life. I was just feeling like, okay, I am done with Herceptin and now all the rest is up to me. I have always taken pretty good care of myself, but I keep reading these articles about what not to eat. Well, I just can not be perfect and have never wanted to be. But, somehow I feel like I am "suppose" to follow the "cancer diet." and be a good girl. Well, I really just want to live my life and not fret that I am being bad to my body.(which I am not)
Yak, yak, yak....actually I am over the guilt. It is Saturday night and all is well. You guys are right...no reason to beat myself up. Besides, I bruise easily these days. Did go to the Lancome makeup session today with my college buddie of 40years. We had a ball and I only spent $60. Santa will know that I am the one with the new lipstick and new eyeliner.
Congratulations to you for losing so much wait. And congratulations that you have a wonderful supportive doctor.
Hugs, Catherine
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Catherine
Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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