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10-06-2007, 11:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Happy Birthday Karen (StillHere)
Dear Karen
Have a wonderful, wonderful birthday! I hope you get lots of great presents too!
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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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10-06-2007, 12:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 2,104
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Happy Birthday Karen and many more to come
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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10-06-2007, 12:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,193
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Hbd
Happy Birthday Still Here - save some cake and chipmunks for Tiptoe!!!
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PinkGirl
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
My Photo Album
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10-06-2007, 02:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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Dear Karen,
Happy Happy Birthday...isn't it just great havingg those Birthdays?
Wishing you many many more.
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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10-06-2007, 03:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 76
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thanks for the birthday wishes
HI,
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. I had a great birthday.
Tonight, I am modeling in a survivor fashion show for a local breast cancer foundation called "Hope Lives." The fashion show is part of a hugh Gala to raise awareness and money to support the foundation. This foundation, based in Ft. Collins, provides support services for women during treatment and up to 6 months following treatment for breast cancer. Services include: house cleaning, massage, acupuncture and others. I just had my hair and make up done for the show, and get to wear a really pretty outfit for the show.
Karen
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Karen Raines Hunt
Dx April 2005 at age 46
stage 3A, very large (12cm) tumor
2 positive axillary lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, Her 2 +++
Bilateral mastectomy, radiation, reconstruction, A/C, Taxol, Herceptin, Tamoxifen, Aromasin
5 yrs since diagnosis and NED
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10-06-2007, 03:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 76
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oops wrong karen
Hi,
I just realized................I am still here, but not "Still Here." Still Here and I both recently celebrated birthdays.
Karen
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Karen Raines Hunt
Dx April 2005 at age 46
stage 3A, very large (12cm) tumor
2 positive axillary lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, Her 2 +++
Bilateral mastectomy, radiation, reconstruction, A/C, Taxol, Herceptin, Tamoxifen, Aromasin
5 yrs since diagnosis and NED
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10-06-2007, 03:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 368
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Well, happy birthday to both of you.  |
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10-06-2007, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 274
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Happy Birthday to both Karens.
Liz J.
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10-06-2007, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: LAND OF YES!
w/home in Boca Raton, Florida
Orig from L.I., N.Y.
Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
Posts: 1,904
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Happy Bday Y'all...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN ... AND KAREN!! I send love to you both! Having birthdays is so full of genuine rejoicing once you've been down our path! No problem with aging any more. We all get it. That's what Life is all about -- having birthdays, growing and evolving. I wish you both a day of joy, harmony, health and love. And may you have an entire year of such days. To that I add many, many decades of wonder and awe...
Andi
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Andi BB
'95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive...
'98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!)
+ good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either...
Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...
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10-06-2007, 06:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
Posts: 2,582
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Happy happy birthday Karen (still here) - you betcha you are "still here" and we here at her2support are so thankful as you dear one are a blessing to this site.
May your day be as wonderful as you are.
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
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
<>< Romans 8:28
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10-06-2007, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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Just read that the other Karen had a birthday too. Well happy happy birthday to you as well and although you aren't "still here" you are STILL HERE and for that I am also thankful. As you also, are a blessing to this site AS YOU ALL ARE.
May your day ALSO be as WONDERFUL as you are.
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
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
<>< Romans 8:28
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10-06-2007, 07:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Greendale, WI
just outside Milwaukee
Posts: 211
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I had a wonderful B-Day
Hi there from Karen (StillHere), My birthday started last night. My husband grilled steaks and King Crab legs for supper w/ Champagne. Had a very romantic evening (all about me. Heeeheee). Jeff went golfing today, so I think he was extra thoughtful last night if you get my drift. The kids came over at noon and we went to Pike Lake (Rolling hills area of Kettle Moraine, WI - about 45 mins from Milwaukee). It was beautiful, but very warm. I never went hiking on my birthday before when it was 91 degrees. It was surreal to see families swimming in the lake in October. We came home and my daughter made Fajitas for dinner. She also baked an apple pie with Granny Smith, Cortland, and Haralton (sp) apples. We stopped on the way home from the lake to pick up a 1/2 gal of vanilla custard for pie alamode. Could not have asked for a better birthday.
PS: Happy Birthday to my Birthday Buddy Karen Raines Hunt. If your day was 1/2 as good as mine, you had a darn swell time also. Take Care and I raise my champagne glass to you. (Yes, I had champagne yesterday and today - I told you it was a birthday weekend celebration) Love Karen
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04/05 Onset 49, DCIS, solid, Hist 2/3, Nucl 2/3, 7cm R Brst
04/05 E & P + HER2+++
05/05 Mediport
05/05 Cytoxan & Adriamycin every 3wk x4
08/05 Taxol every 2wk x 4, Herceptin every wk x1yr
10/05 Bilat Mast - my Choice
10/05 3/19 lymph nodes Pos, Stage IIIa
11/05 Rad x 37 Rx, R Brst & Axcilla
02/06 Herceptin stopped (L vent HF 40)
03/06 Started & Stoped Arimidex after 2 mos.-QOL side effects
05/06 Started Tamoxafin
06/06 Bilat Free Flap Reconstruction
12/06 Cardiomyopathy reversed-HF normal
01/07 Bilat Saline Implants
07/07 CA 27-29 steadily rising from 28 in 12/06 to 46 in 7/07
07/07 PET Scan NED, but inflamation at prev surg site.
09/07 Started Femara
10/07 CA 27-29 down to 39
06/08 CA 27-29 down to 32
09/08 Lg joint pain & QOL side effects from Femara, will live w/ to keep CA markers within normal range.
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10-06-2007, 08:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 624
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Happy Birthday to the Karens. I hope you both enjoyed your birthdays (it sounds like you did). Here is to many, many, many more birthdays!!
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10-06-2007, 10:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mountains of Virginia
Posts: 2,267
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Happy Birthday to both Karens!
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Rhonda (Sassy)
dx age 45
DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa
Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes
Triple Positive
4 DD A/C
12 Taxol/Herceptin
33Rads
Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk
Herceptin for total of 18 months
Lupron Monthly 4 yrs
Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!)
Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin
Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement)
Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk
Back to Arimidex for year seven
Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix
Stop Arimidex 5/13
Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa
5/14 Start Tamoxifen
3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing
5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs
9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen
3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects!
NED and no meds.......
14 YEARS NED!
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