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02-05-2012, 12:56 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 585
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Re: Just for fun...
My gosh, Becky, you must be so proud of your children! I totally want to be at your home for the holidays..so many wonderful cooks!
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Diagnosed in October 2011 Stage IV with metastasis to liver.
January 2012 after double mastectomy, started taxotere, carboplatin and herceptin.
Clear.
December 2012 was diagnosed with five brain mets, and had whole brain radiation.
Around July 2014 two mets in brain, one a residual spot and one new one growing in size. Received Cyberknife on both areas
Clear/NED
April 2015 remain NED
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02-09-2012, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Philly Suburbs
Posts: 1,709
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Re: Just for fun...
Hey!
Anyone else want to share?
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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09-19-2012, 06:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 758
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Re: Just for fun...
I noticed that Paula mentioned that she was a R.N. and decided it was time to bring this thread forward so we could get to know more about each other besides our boobies. Paula, there are a number of us who are nurses. Almost makes you wonder if breast cancer is like MRSA!
Love & hugs,
Marlys
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09-19-2012, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 215
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Re: Just for fun...
Where do I start, I am originally from Scotland. Met my husband there when he was in the Navy. Been married for 50 years, oh my how the time flies. We have six children, 16 Grands and 8 great grands. Love them all to death. I was fortunate to be able to stay at home with my children, had to sleep sometime, so having a job was out of the question until all the children were in school. Worked at a Fiber Optic company for 14 years , then moved to Nebraska. never get fed up of traveling.We now live in Florida, winters were too harsh for my husband.
We love to cruise, and are going again in November.
Jeanette
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12-13-2012, 08:36 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 758
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Re: Just for fun...
Forward again. Just saw the new thread and thought you might like to hear about some of us old "timers". (Ain't it great that we have Old Timers?)
Love & Hugs
Marlys
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12-13-2012, 10:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wilmington, Del.
Posts: 1,126
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Re: Just for fun...
It's been 7 years since my diagnosis November 1, 2005. I am still a fundraiser/grant proposal writer for an organization that assists Latino immigrants and neighborhood children in my small city of Wilmington, DE. I am not married. (Maybe I should put marriage on my bucket list). I don't have children or pets.
I'm trying weight watchers for the umpteenth time and have started line dancing as exercise (3 activity points for 60 minutes). My brain gets jammed and my feet lock up on the more complicated steps. I blame it on chemo, not clumsiness LOL.
Cancer still dances around the edge of my life. My good friend at work is fighting pancreatic cancer. I'm going to a benefit this weekend for the owner of a bar where my brother plays music. The owner is fighting lung cancer. But new treatments are working. I'm hopeful we'll see a cure in our lifetimes.
Happy Holidays to all....
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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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