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Parade Magazine's Breast Cancer Article
Dear Friends:
I don't know if you get the Parade Magazine inserted into your Sunday newspaper, but there was an article about a lady who was diagnosed with breast cancer and she shopped around till she found an oncologist who eventually agreed to use the least aggressive program to fight her cancer.
After being around the HER2 community where the most aggressive course seems the only prudent path, and being around the brave warriors on this site, I am wondering how you felt about the author of this article.
She did manage to have several factual errors when describing her cancer and she seems to be taking foolish risks. I finished the article thinking this woman was probably the last person that a national publication should choose as a spokesperson for breast cancer.
Or maybe I'm all wrong.
Lee
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This happened to Colleen:
Diagnosed in September 2007
ER-/PR-/HER2 Neu+++ 2.1 cm x .9 cm spicluted tumor with three fingers, Stage 2B
Sentinal node biopsy and lymph node removal with 3/18 positive in October 2007
4 TAC infusions
lumpectomy March 2008, bad margins
Re-excision on June 3rd, 2008 with clean margins
Fitted for compression sleeve July 16, 2008
Started the first of two TCH infusions August 14, 2008
Done with chemo and now a member of the blue dot club 9/17/08
Starting radiation October 1, 2008
life is still on hold
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