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12-31-2017, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 46
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Happy 2018 friends. Still here, no recurrence. Keep the faith. Daughter married this year and we’ve moved to Florida. 18 years out, Stage III. God bless you all.
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02-02-2019, 09:24 PM
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Still here. God bless!
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02-22-2019, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Glad you stopped in with a brief hello. Keep up the good work and enjoy your good health in Florida!
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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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02-23-2019, 10:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 437
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Gabrielle,
so happy to see you! God Bless !
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Linda
Dxed Stage IIIC May 05, 12 pos nodes
er/pr -neg,Her -pos
LVI
Right partial mast & partial axillary dissection-June14,2005
Right modified mast-no clear margins- June 30, 2005
DD AC x4
Taxotere X4 with Herceptin
Rads x 35( 5 fields )
Left prophylactive mast( atypia & hyperplasia found ),
put on Tamoxifen x 1 yr; D/ced due to endometrial thickening
bilateral recon (saline implants)May 06
Nipple recon July 06
metformin 2010
removal of implants due to severe encapsulation, insertion of gummies 2013
Reclast Q yr
NED!!!
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09-19-2019, 05:39 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 3
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Thanks for sharing this awesome news.
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12-15-2019, 05:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 46
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Hi friends,
Well, it will be 20 years in about a week. The memories of those first few days in 1999 are seared into my memory. I wish all those struggling with their initial diagnosis peace and strength as they set out on this journey. I was diagnosed Stage III, so don't give up hope.
For all of you, I wish you continued blessings. A few emotional setbacks this year for me but nothing I can't handle. About to be published for the first time in my academic career...that's an unexpected gift.
Much love and peace during the upcoming season. Keep the faith.
All the best,
Gabrielle
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12-24-2020, 05:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 46
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Hi friends,
Still here. 21 years after Stage 3 diagnosis. Wishing all of you, good health and blessings in the new year.
Gabrielle
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05-23-2021, 01:31 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 5
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Thank you so much for keeping up with your updates .
I was diagnosed November 2020, stage 3 er/pr- and her2+. I read and reread your thread often.
Please always update . Many of us are inspired by you
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02-19-2022, 07:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 46
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Thanks Imani.
Still here. Just had extensive blood work done and a hip replacement this year. Everything ok.
Still working full time as a College Professor. I’m 66 years old and was 44 when diagnosed with Stage III.
Keep the faith. Best wishes to all.
Gabrielle
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12-21-2022, 07:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 46
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Dec 2022 - 23 years out. Still here. However, Husband has Mets from esophageal cancer. Prayers welcome. Hope all of you are ok. God bless. Gabrielle
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02-01-2024, 07:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 46
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
Still here. Lost my husband of 42 years last year to cancer. But, still here. Still working. God bless
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02-05-2024, 08:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Re: Gabrielle diagnosed Dec 1999 - Still Here
I am so sorry about the loss of your husband. I am thinking about you.
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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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