Turning 60
I will turn 60 on June 22, after 4 years of non-stop chemo for inflammatory BC. I am not on the calendar for some reason, but I am still grateful for my life and my time amongst the trees, wind, and ocean. Everyday is a good day that I wake up a part of this earth. It has been a journey of tears, laughter, absurdity, hope and fingernails chewed to the bone. I have crawled from my safe place to the blackest, coldest tempests. I have learned to let that extra car in, to scream into the wind, to run through the mountains, to reach out to those who need it most, even if they don't know it.
I have kissed the fear from my grandchildrens' eyes, cupped the face of a friend struggling with change, held my husband close through the storm, and stayed in bed on cloudy days. It is all good, all meant to be, all true.
Happy birthday to us all, whether it be in hours, days, months or years.....We have a chance to celebrate every minute we take that breath.
Love, Vickie
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Love and Hugs, Vickie
Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass,
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Feb 04 IBC IIIC/IV er-/pr- her2+++
3/04 TCH X4
7/ 04 MRM 9/04 Taxol/herceptin wkly 1 yr 33X rads
11/04 skin mets 33x rads,10/05 Avast/Herc. 11 mos.
8/ 06 PET mets lymphs, neck
9/ 06 Navelbine/herceptin
11/ 06 PET NED
2/ 07 skin mets, 4/07 Xeloda, 5/07 add Tykerb
2/ 08 Tykerb failed. Doxil /Herceptin 6 months
8/08 PET skin mets, 8/08 Abraxane/Avastin
11/ 08 PET prog., skin mets
1/09 PET/CT progress, 1/09 Ixempra, 2/09 add Xeloda and low dose Naltrexone
2/09 off Ixempra/Xeloda
3/09 navelbine/herc/cytoxin 4/09 PET shows regress.7/09 start Topotecan. Failed.
8/09 extensive mets rgt brst, back and torso. starting Pazopanib clinical trial.
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