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Old 02-07-2008, 09:48 AM   #1
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I just voted for you. Good Luck!
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Old 02-07-2008, 10:01 AM   #2
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You go girl, you have my vote, jeanette
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Old 02-07-2008, 10:11 AM   #3
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I enjoyed reading the stories and yours especially. I put my vote in for you,too.
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Lumpectomy rt breast on 7/26/06
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finished 33 rads
Herceptin finished 12/07/07 Yippee!
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Old 02-07-2008, 01:36 PM   #4
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Gricel! Love your Spirit!
Cheering for you from the sidelines -- Every Day! YOU GO GIRL! Warrior Woman rocks.
I voted for Ita! Ita could not be sweeta'...
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'95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive...

'98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!)
+ good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either...

Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...
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Old 02-07-2008, 04:20 PM   #5
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Go Go Go Gricel (Ita) - What a fantastic story and what a fantastic life you lead. How awesome to run the way you do and then to envision those cancer cells exiting your body through your pores. I LOVE that.

Come on ladies. Go Vote for Gricel. She's catching up in votes but she isn't in the lead. WE can put her their.

GO VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy your marathon. God Bless you "sister."

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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

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Old 02-07-2008, 05:19 PM   #6
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You've got my vote!

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Herceptin has served as the "Backbone" of my treatment strategy for over 6 years, giving me great quality of life. In 2005, I was privileged to participate in the University of Washington/Seattle HER2 Vaccine Trial.
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Old 02-07-2008, 06:53 PM   #7
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Hi ladies,

Thank you for the votes you've already given. I'm getting there. Keep those votes coming!!

Ita (gricel)

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