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09-25-2007, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Costa del Sol.
Spain
Posts: 23
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Hi Andi. You are fantastic. Hope you dont mind copied and saved your history records to give me hope. Lots of happiness to you.
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09-25-2007, 07:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,193
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She has arrived.......
Well, the hamster arrived yesterday from China. She has a tag on her butt that proves her origin. It was presumptuous of me to think that we could name her. She already has a name --- it's Tiptoe. All of her necessary documents were in her journal and she didn't have any problems getting into Canada - no sign of a cough or fever. I think she'll stay with me for a week or two and then I'll send her to Andi. She's already complaining about the weather here, so I'll send her somewhere warmer. Don't worry if you don't hear from me for awhile - it would be rude to ignore my guest.
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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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09-25-2007, 09:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wilmington, Del.
Posts: 1,126
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Hamster is welcome to visit me any time. I will treat her right. I will not slap her between two slices of bread. MJO
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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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09-25-2007, 01:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,193
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Tiptoe
Hi everyone
I'm glad more of you are looking forward to a visit from Tiptoe. She's been with me for 2 days and she hasn't been any trouble - except for getting under my feet. She's looking forward to her travels around North America, maybe around the world, and she is definitely not camera shy.
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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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09-25-2007, 02:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: LAND OF YES!
w/home in Boca Raton, Florida
Orig from L.I., N.Y.
Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
Posts: 1,904
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It's A Girl!
Pinkie, Could you post a picture of Tiptoe? What's her birth date? WELCOME TO THE WORLD, LITTLE ONE.
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Andi BB
'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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09-25-2007, 03:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,193
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Tiptoe
Andi, Her butt tag says she was born in China in 1999. I didn't know hamsters lived that long, but maybe she's some kind of survivor. I don't know how to post a picture, but I will if someone explains how to do it.
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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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09-25-2007, 03:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: LAND OF YES!
w/home in Boca Raton, Florida
Orig from L.I., N.Y.
Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
Posts: 1,904
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Tiptoe Is A Tiger!
TIPTOE is definitely A SURVIVOR. I believe I read that *statistics SAY* hamsters generally live for 3 years! WAY TO GO, TIPTOE! Come join the 1% club w/me. In fact, every one come join me!!!!!!!!!
The way I posted my pic is the idiot's way. I sent it to Joe, and pleaded for help. Actually, correct that, I had my son-in-law send it to Joe and then I pleaded for his help. You need to take a pic and load it into the computer. Oh dear. It sounds so complex.
Anybody have a smarter more savvy route?????
Andi 
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Andi BB
'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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