Re: My daughter wrote this article for ELLE
Beautifully written and very thought provoking. I have felt an inner aversion to the Red Band Society. Exactly why I am not sure. Silly things bug me about the promo, like how bushy and full the main character's eyebrows are when his head is so bald. I know some chemos do not take the eyelashes and brows, but let's face it the bad-uns do. By the end of chemo I looked more like a child on a St. Jude's commercial then one of the kids on Red Band.
Now thanks to your brave and gifted daughter I can have a peace about this show. I may even tune in believing that she is right in saying that it may spur the masses to donate to research outlets.
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Smile On!
Laurel
Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08
7mm invasive component
Partial mast. 5/08
Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH
0/5 nodes
4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08
Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09
Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09
Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08
Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08
Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard!
Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara
15 Years NED
I think I just might hang around awhile....
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