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Old 11-18-2013, 07:18 PM   #1
Kim in DC
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Re: Eyebrows

Lash extensions are applied strand by strand. Every hair on your body has a growth phase, a resting phase and a shedding phase. You loose about 5 lashes a day. As lashes shed, you would have to replace them. Although you will have some lashes for 2 months, you will need to go every 2 to 3 weeks to maintain a full look.

Andi,
There are some really good permanent makeup artists in Florida if you need a referral.
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8/19 taxotere and herceptin
1/15/2005 Navelbine/Herceptin
4/2005 radiation and Herceptin
5/15/2005 Herceptin alone
2/12/2008 skin biopsy positive
2/14/2008 met to sternum, possibly right breast
2/27/08 Start omitarg, herceptin, taxotere trial
3/17/08 Kicked off trial because I started too close to my last herceptin
3/19 start tykerb xeloda
Right breast confirmed met
5/15/08 skin mets gone, no hypermetabolic activity in breast, sternum healing
8/24/08 scans still look good. sternum still active with scarring. No evidence of progression
10/08 Progression in sternum
12/08 Start TDM1 trial
1/09 Scans show stable
12/09 1 year on TDM1 still stable
10/10 progression in chest and liver
11/10 false positive of liver mets; tykerb and herceptin
4/11 Tykerb/Herceptin/Xgeva
4/11 Rads to Sternum
5/12/12 NED Herceptin/Zometa
3/16/19 still NED Herceptin/Zometa very 6months
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Old 11-18-2013, 07:36 PM   #2
Andrea Barnett Budin
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Re: Eyebrows

okay, Kim, I'd take a referral from YOU!

But -- I live in Boca...

Do you know someone really really close?

I know about the numbing cream. Essential. Some say it's like tiny little stings. I would assume they didn't get the numbing stuff.

About how long does it take to do brows?

I was bald, as were most of us. Twice actually. The last time, w/no brows or lashes, for New Years Eve, I treated myself to lash extensions, which must mean I had some stubs.

This was my regular manicurist. Gorgeous girl. They'd booked me, in a private room, for a half hour. Well, I suppose I was among the first she'd done. It took about an hour.

When I got home, I took my cuticle scissors out and shortened them. They were over the top. But lush and wonderful!

All night I could feel myself batting my lashes, and some men were making direct eye contact with me which felt great as without makeup or my wig, bloated from steroids, I didn't feel very pretty.

It is exciting to think I might actually do this -- with a great referral only...

I have no tattoo and will never have a tattoo or a piercing. Not even my ears are pierced. And you never see me without earrings ever for nearly 50 yrs!

So the idea is somewhat freaking me out. But not to have to take 10 minutes every day to put on eyebrows -- WOW.

Once when I was sick, but getting better, I went to my dghtr's house for dinner on a Sunday. I went without makeup, which doesn't happen.

My grandson, then maybe 10 years old, said, Mima! You have no eyebrows! I smiled gently and said, Yes, I know. He went on, No. I mean -- you have -- no -- hair... We had a good laugh. You look -- different.

How did that happen?

I explained, gently, that it came from chemo, not wanting to scare him from taking any medications he might need. Really?! That can happen???!!!
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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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