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12-30-2007, 05:13 PM
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New Year Greeting Thread
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What ever you are doing and however you like to spend it have a great New Years Eve.
RB
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12-30-2007, 05:43 PM
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Thanks R.B. Happy New Year to you as well. We plan on doing our usual - a quiet New Year's Eve. We go to church first at 6:00. Then we go to dinner and either go to a movie or rent one. This year it was "rent one" because there was nothing playing we wanted to see. We were hoping "The Bucket List" with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson would be here but it isn't yet.
Happy 2008 to all - God's Blessings of Peace to each of you as we journey down this road called life.
Mary Jo
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Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
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12-30-2007, 05:47 PM
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We plan on a quiet New Year's Eve also. We are going to see a movie and then to our favorite place for dinner.
Happy New Year to all.
Karen
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12-30-2007, 06:32 PM
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Chinese food for dinner with our BFF and then renting a movie - Looking forward to better year in 2008 ...
all the best
caya
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ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+
1.7 cm and 1.0 cm.
Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested)
MRM Dec.18/06
3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere
Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08
Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years
Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012
BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative
Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal
Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so.
Reclast infusion January 2012
Oopherectomy October 2013
15 Years NED!!
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12-30-2007, 06:59 PM
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Happy New Year!
Growing up, my Mom's tradition was to always have pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Eve (she always cooked a pork roast in the oven) and as kids we were always made to take at least one bite, lol, as it would bring us good luck. Nikki, my wife, and I always continued that tradition; however, some years we would have kielbasa, and some years beer-brauts and sauerkraut, it's all pork, right? This year I think I'm doing Italian sausage in a skillet and sauer kraut. Uh oh, I just realized this whole topic is probably unsettling to alot of you, I'm sorry, but if you want to reply, I was curious as to the traditions you guys observe. Fight the good fight, Bill
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12-30-2007, 07:46 PM
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Happy New Year to All! Thanks RB for thinking of this, and your little animated icons here and on the Christmas thread are cute.
Not unsettling Bill, happy to share....We don't seem to have a food tradition now that I think about it, except maybe pizza. We TRY to stay up till midnight, but usually wimp out before then. Otherwise, we just enjoy sleeping in the next morning.
But pork roast sounds so good, I think I'll have to fix it tomorrow! We love it and haven't had it in awhile, so thank you 
<3 Lolly
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Sept.'99 - Dx.Stage IIIB, IDC ER/PR-, HER2+++ by IHC, confirmed '04 by FISH. Left MRM, AC x's 4, Taxol x's 4, 33 Rads, finishing Tx May 2000. Jan.'01 - local/regional recurrence, Stage IV. Herceptin/Navelbine weekly till NED August 2001, then maintenance Herceptin. Right Mast. April 2002. Local/Regional recurrence April '04, Herceptin plus/minus chemo until May '07. Gemzar added from Feb.'07-April '07; Tykerb/Abraxane until August '07, back on Herceptin plus Taxotere and Xeloda Sept. '07. Stopped T/X Nov. '07, stopped Herceptin Dec. '07, started Avastin/Taxol/Carboplatin Dec. '07. Progression in chest skin, stopped TAC March '03, started radiation.
Herceptin has served as the "Backbone" of my treatment strategy for over 6 years, giving me great quality of life. In 2005, I was privileged to participate in the University of Washington/Seattle HER2 Vaccine Trial.
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12-30-2007, 07:54 PM
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Hey Lolly! Glad to be of service, lol. Have a Happy New Year!
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12-30-2007, 07:55 PM
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My mother's tradition is also pork and saurkaut. We have fresh ham roast but now that 2 of my daughters are vegetarians, we are having penne alla vodka on New Year's day. We are going to a dinner party at our lawyer's house on New Year's eve. I am looking forward to it.
Happy New Year to all my Sisters and Brothers here.
Love to all
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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12-30-2007, 08:04 PM
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
We used to have a full house with our and the children's friends in the evening with lots of food. Not anymore. This year a lunch meal out with our family in this area, then a quiet afternoon and evening with our 16 mo gr'son while the parents have fun.
Blessings to all of you.
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12-31-2007, 07:06 AM
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Going to friends for dinner and will probably NOT make it till midnight!!! Looking forward to a great 2008..."the world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning." -Ivy Baker Priest
Happy New Year everyone!
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age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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12-31-2007, 07:18 AM
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Thank you RB...
Tony and I have our regular New Years "date night" tonight. The Grand Rapids Childrens Museum has a party for the children from 6-8...it is SO fun. They have party favors for the children, food, and the usual activities. Then at 8 they have the ball drop (a disco ball). He and I have been going for the past 4 years, it is a lot of fun. May ALL of you have a blessed, healthy and happy 2008 (as well as many years to come). Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
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Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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12-31-2007, 10:53 AM
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2007 ended on a sad note as my oldest granddaughter passed away afterr fighting kidney failure for almost 10 years. She was only 33, and her husband had divorced her when she got sick. No children. My daughter, her mom, is taking it really hard and we are worried about her survival. The funeral was December 27 in Arizona, so we just got back from the trip. Not a fun way to end the year, but we all know she is in a better place and no longer suffering. So we will have a very quiet at-home New Year's Eve, just my husband and I and our little Basenji Keesha. Maybe some snacks and a bottle of sparkling apple juice! And we will make it to when the midnight ball falls in NY and then go to bed. Not exciting but we are so filled with gratitude for each other, our comparitive health and all our family. Oh, yes! The good news: our next oldest granddaughter gave birth to her 4th child, 2nd son, on Dec. 29, so life goes on. We have another great-grandchild due in mid-January, so at that point we will have the same amount of grandchildren as great grandchildren: 32 of each! Life is good and there is a lot of love to go around. I wish you all, each one, a wonderful new year with greatly improved health of mind, body and spirit. Hugs, Tricia
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12-31-2007, 11:01 AM
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Happy new year to all and hope 2008 will be a better year for all the good people in the world. We go hiking at night and drink on top of the mountain with music and dance.
Big hug,
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12-31-2007, 11:23 AM
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Happy New Year to everyone!!!
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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
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12-31-2007, 11:36 AM
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Lobster, Champagne and watch the ball drop in Times Square (The only one that counts ! ! )
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12-31-2007, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
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Happy New Year To My Family...
New Years Eve will be spent watching movies and reminiscing about what a great life we share together. The menu will consist of Tequila Lime & Basil Chicken served over a bed of rice accompanied by side of broccoli, sweet corn and snow peas. We shall share memories and pray for our lost soldiers whether they were taken from us with breast cancer or not; there are many loves we have lost in our lives and New Years is just another moment in time that we make a special evening paying tributes to those we have lost and those who are still here. Sometimes we have had to set up an alarm just so we would not miss bringing in the new year!! Gotta stop the movies to watch the ball drop, right??? LOL!!
I am wishing that 2008 brings to us all which we yearn. May we find OUR cure or something quite close to it. So here is to another year, may we all find what we are looking for!!>>Believe51
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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12-31-2007, 11:44 AM
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(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
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TriciaK....
Sweetheart.......did you say 32 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren???? I have trouble keeping track of ONE!! God Bless you and your very full home and my deepest sympathies for the loss of your oldest granddaughter.>>Believe51
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6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
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Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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12-31-2007, 12:00 PM
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New Year Traditions...Bill what a great idea!
In the early years of our marriage my husband and would go out with a bunch of friends....then A.C. (after children) we began to have dinners with parents and bring in the New Year at home. Now our parents are no longer with us...so we are a small group..my son and his girlfriend, & close friends...
We always serve as one of our appetizer's small franks wrapped in dough on New Years eve...on New Years day I make a pork roast with sweet potatoes...so Bill, there must be something with the pork. Let's hope
that it brings us all the very best in Health!
Here's to traditions!
Happy New Year to All!
Hugs,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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12-31-2007, 01:52 PM
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Quiet night ahead, dh has to get up early to be at work tomorrow, he works retail. He'll go to bed and I'm going to sit here at computer scanning and printing recipes for my older 3 kids who wanted copies of my recipes. Much faster than writing them all by hand.
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st 1, gr 3, er,pr-, her2 +,
2 tac,33 rads,6 cmf
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12-31-2007, 04:16 PM
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Greetings everyone!! Jason and I head up to the Timberlodge and have dinner and drinks with our friends. Salmon and veggies! Thanks to RB we eat a LOT of salmon!!
God bless everyone! Here is to a great new year!
-kim
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dx 5-05 @42 years old
IDC stage IIA
ER+ (100%) ER+ (75%) HER2+
double mastectomy
4DD AC - 16 weekly Taxol
6 months Herceptin - stopped due to MUGA
35 chest wall rads
Tamoxifen
Lat flap with silicone implant reconstruction on left side due to radiation. "Normal" silicone on right. Finished all reconstruction 6-07!!!
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