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05-31-2012, 05:59 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Doylestown, ohio
Posts: 334
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Re: I Need a Pep Talk...Very Discouraged Today
I was told that I had a 25% chance of the monster recurring. I try to look at it as I have a 75% it WON'T. Denise always a pleasure reading your posts. Going back to work will be good, more normalcy of how it used to be before bc. Your are a trooper and I am confident I will be reading your funny posts many years from now. God Bless.
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DX Sept 30 2010 at the age of 49. Oh crap! 1.5 cm idc, stage 1 grade 3 er/pr+, her2+ no lymph nodes, mastectomy Oct/10. Started 6 rounds of TCH Dec/10 and will continue herceptin until Nov /11 and just started femara.
Stray kitten found my lump while I was playing with it. It is now my pet and my dog is not real happy about that.
Mammo good
last herceptin 11/21/11 YAY
reconstruction 12/09/11
Chapter closed 12/10/11, hopefully, fingers crossed
Bone scan, chest xray, clear
04/27/12 Expander removed, implant put in, ahh sigh of relief, much more comfortable
Sept 30, 2014, 4 years NED
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05-31-2012, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Mt. Prospect, IL
Posts: 177
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Re: I Need a Pep Talk...Very Discouraged Today
I love these posts 
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10/01/10 - Dx at age 44. Found lump after miscarrying & was told it was "probably a clogged milk duct" not so much:
stage II - invasive ductal carcinoma ER/PR+ HER2+
10/01/10 - BRCA test - Negative
11/3/10 -2.5cm tumor removed via lumpectomy, clear margins. sentinal node biopsy - nodes clear!
12/2/10 - port placement
12/2/10 to 3/17/11 - 6 rounds of taxotere, carboplatin & herceptin every 3rd week.
04/20/11 - 6/6/11 - 33 rounds of radiation
4/6/11 to 11/2/11 - 11 additional rounds of herceptin every 3rd week
7/15/11 - port removal
7/5/11 started my 5 year journey on Tamoxifen
9/4/11 -1 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
9/5/12 -2 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
8/29/12 - Started spotting after being in chemopause 1.5 years. Ultra sound detected 6cm ovary mass & very thick lining. YIKES! Taken off Tamoxifen
9/6/12 - Full abdominal hysterectomy. Pathology report came back clean... thank you baby Jesus!!
9/28/12 - Started Anastrozole
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05-31-2012, 01:45 PM
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#43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 215
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Re: I Need a Pep Talk...Very Discouraged Today
Hey Denise, I recurred twice, have it in my liver and bones. Started off having left breast removed , then two and a half years later the right one. Thought I was on easy street, until another two years, started to lose weight, 54 pounds total. Now have the bugger in my liver and bones. I am 72 and I will be damned if cancer is going to kill me. Too many places to go and things to see. Have 6 children, 16 Grands and 8 great grands. Still have a lot of living to do. So put your Big girl panties on and also the boxing gloves and give cancer a licking, Blessings , Jeanette
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05-31-2012, 02:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 510
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Re: I Need a Pep Talk...Very Discouraged Today
You go, Jeanette!!! I'm honored to be in the company of such strong and amazing women.
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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05-31-2012, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Gloucester City, NJ
Posts: 73
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Re: I Need a Pep Talk...Very Discouraged Today
Denise,
I suck at being peppy. Unfortunately I am the most depressed and sad person I know.. I think about my situation everyday and what cancer has taken from me. Even though I know I should be ecstatic I am alive. So I know how you are feeling but as my Onc told me when I asked her about stats, "I do not give numbers because I believe everyone's situation is different so fight with all you have and be happy for every day that you get." She said she has given numbers in the past to people who should have died in 2 years and lived 20 and of course also told people they had 5 to 10 years and were gone in 2. I did not appreciate her words at the time because I wanted to know what my chances were but over the past year I have learned to accept that I have no idea how long I will be here but will enjoy every day.
Just think of all you have been through and accomplished so far in your cancer journey. You are a strong person. Remember every day is a gift but if you are ever in need of a friend we are all here for you.
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Baseline Mammogram November 2010, found 2 suspicious calcifications (right side).
Second Mammogram April 2011, found 2 masses in the right breast, 1 in the lymph node and 1 in the left breast.
3 Biopsies May 11, 2011
Diagnosed right Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer which spread to my lymph node 5-13-2011.
Between Stage 2 and 3 with tumors grade III. ER/PR- but Her2neu+++
PET Scan clear
Breast MRI showed 2 masses in left, 5 in the right and 2 in the lymph node.
Biopsy of left mass benign
Joined clinical trial which required second biopsy of one of the right masses
Port placed May 27, 2011
Began Chemo (Taxol, Herceptin and Tykerb) on June 1, 2011 - September 12, 2011
Bi-lateral Mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders) October 3, 2011
FEC 12 weeks
Radiation 6 weeks
Herceptin 8 months finish September 2012
Exchange surgery August 3, 2012
Been NED since October 2011
Lymphedema right arm since Nov 2013
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07-27-2012, 10:03 AM
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#46
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 600
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Re: I Need a Pep Talk...Very Discouraged Today
I wish we had a "like " button like FB. I needed to reread these today. Thanks to all of you.
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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