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Words about Cancer are Inadequate
I don't know if you have seen this or not (hopefully someone did not already post it) but this was an interesting article on cancer in general...and how it is difficult to use words to describe the journey... I think it is by someone who has had prostrate cancer. I expecially liked: "As a patient, it’s hard to articulate how being seriously ill feels. In a profound way, we are boiled down to our essential animal selves. We crave survival."
The entire article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0...re-inadequate/
If you can't see it, let me know and I will see if I can cut and paste.
Melanie
PS: His regular articles: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/jennings/
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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