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12-28-2011, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 46
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Gabrielle 12th Year
Happy New Year Friends,
I started posting here in my 5th year (diagnosed Dec 1999). I'm now a full 12 years out from Stage III --no recurrence.
Wishing all of you much good health and peace of mind.
Hugs,
Gabrielle
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12-28-2011, 08:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
Congratulations !! I am so glad you are well. Blessings of peace, good health and happiness always !!
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12-28-2011, 10:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 151
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
wow I want to be like you when I am done LOL Congratulations Gabrielle You are blessed!!
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Mammogram Sep 21, 2009 everything good and clear
DX jan 19,2010 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Grade 2 Age 56
modified radical masectomy on LEFT side 29 Jan 2010
2.7 cm 18/31 nodes
mets to just above collar bone ( 2 nodes showed in PET)
ER- PR - / Her2 +++ (IHC) Stage 111 C
ki-67 60% nottingham score 7
A/C chemo mar 22,2010 DD
herceptin & taxotere DD june 1,2010
finished taxotere july 12, 2010
finished herceptin 16 May 2011
PET Scan 9 Aug 10, cancer in neck is gone! NED
33 Rads completed 1 Oct 2010
PET/CT Scan 6 Jan 2011 NED
PET/CT Scan 3 Aug 2011
MUGA 59% 3/22/10 -63% 9/23/10 - 51% 1/4/11 - 55% 2/17/11 - 50% 8/3/11
26 Aug 2011 NED
20 Feb 2012 NED
5 Mar 2012 PORT OUT
12 July 2012 DIEP breast reconstruction
23 Aug 2012 NED
15 Nov 2012 new breast tweeked and natural breast uplifted and implant added
17 Feb 2013 NED
27 mar 2013 lipo suction to add fat cells to new breast in hopes for needed adjustment.
"Don't spend your time worrying about when or how you are going to die, spend your time figuring out how you are going to live today". ~Elizabeth Edwards.
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12-28-2011, 11:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
Posts: 4,128
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
Thanks for coming back and saying all is still well with you.
Really wonderful news. I am right there with you having joined the "decade club" myself.
I look forward to hearing from you next year.
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"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau
Live in the moment.
MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~
Found suspicious lump 9/2000
Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
36 rads - very little burning
3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.
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12-29-2011, 04:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 954
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
Woooohoooo, Gabrielle! Way to go!!!!!! I'm happy for you and am aiming to be a member of the long term survivor club too. Thanks for the encouraging post.
May we all have many more happy, healthy years ahead.
Paula
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01-02-2012, 09:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Moultrie, GA
Posts: 431
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
Gabrielle,
Thank you so much for your VERY encouraging post. Being a stage III sister, you have really become a super star to me.
Sandra
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Diagnosed: 7/25/08 ~ age 63, no family history
Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
Vaccine: Walter Reed GP2/AE37 vaccine study ~ last booster 9/17/2012
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01-02-2012, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,477
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
Gabrielle,
Many thanks for your beautiful and encouraging post.
Congratulations to you.
Best wishes,
Karen z
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01-02-2012, 11:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 271
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
Gabrielle,
Thank you for your encouraging post. As a Stage III'er with lots of nodes, your post encourages me. Last Herceptin was the week before Christmas and a I have a bit of anxiety going off of it...so thank you for your post
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DX November 2010
Brain MRI, CT of lung, liver, bone, all clear
Double Mastectomy w/expanders December 1, 2010
ER- PR- Her2+++, grade 3, 12 positive nodes out of 15
Stage IIIc
Started TCH/Chemo December 31, 2010
6 rounds TCH
Herceptin every 3 weeks for a year
33 rounds of TomoTube radiation, to chest wall, neck, skin and lymph area
September, 2011, MRI to lower spine, hips, DX bulging disk, L4 & L5, pain not from cancer
Expanders removed, implants in Dec 1, 2011
Finished Herceptin, December 21, 2011
August 2012, CT of chest and abdomen, all ok
Enrolled in MC1136 Phase I Peptide Vaccine Trial at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
March 2013, First Vaccine
April 2013, 2nd Vaccine
May 2013, 3rd Vaccine
June 2013, 4th Vaccine
July 2013, 5th Vaccine
August 2013, 6th Vaccine Done!
September 2013, Mayo visit, Echo results 68, vaccine did not effect my heart! Blood work normal.
January 31, 2013, Mayo visit, Echo normal
February 23, 2014, Numb lips on right side, Brain MRI, normal!
June, 2015, Finished the trial at Mayo Clinic. Feels good!
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01-03-2012, 08:19 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 1,486
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Re: Gabrielle 12th Year
Gabrielle,
Your news is very inspiring to all of us.
Amelia
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