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02-06-2008, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
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Health Talk program - Uplifting Cancer Survival Story
NEXT LIVE WEBCAST: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
<!-- #### FEATURE TITLE HERE -->Debra Jarvis: An Uplifting Story of Cancer Survival
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<!-- #### FEATURE COPY HERE -->  Debra Jarvis believes that you will find your emotional center somewhere between whining and joking about cancer. And in that center, you will find much-needed strength.
Tune in on February 19 as we talk with this inspiring author, advocate and breast cancer survivor. A chaplain at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Debra has published several books on health, including her most recent publication, “It’s Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of Life & Cancer.” Prepare to let your stress go as you connect and laugh with this thoughtful woman who understands first-hand what it’s like to face cancer and all of the fears that come with it.
And, as always, you’ll have a chance to ask the guests your questions.
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I have to recommend this, since I know her well - she is my chaplain at my cancer center. She is also a Melanoma and breast cancer survivor. Her hubby is an infectious disease specialist and she often travels with him when he is giving seminars, etc. They just got back from 10 days in India. She continues her ministry wherever she goes.
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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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02-19-2008, 11:11 AM
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Just a reminder - this program is this afternoon/evening depending on the time zones, which I have included below.
It is very easy to participate if this is your first time.
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How to participate online:
It’s okay if you haven’t registered prior to the webcast – we’d still love for you to attend.
On <!-- #### SHOW DATE HERE -->Tuesday, February 19 about 10 minutes prior to show time, go to this Web address from any computer: http://www2.healthtalk.com/go/cancer/supportive-care/webcasts/debra-jarvis-an-uplifting-story-of-cancer-survival
Be sure to install Media Player for Mac or Windows and test it before the webcast. Find easy download instructions at http://www.healthtalk.com/wmpdownload.cfm.
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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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02-19-2008, 07:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Misty woods of WA State
Posts: 4,128
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Check out the replay
The REPLAY is available to listen to when you have time. This is what it looks like on the site now:
Webcast Replay and Downloads
<TABLE class="table_show_replay body_copy_4_resizeable"><THEAD><TR><TH> </TH><TH>LISTEN</TH><TH>READ</TH><TH>DOWNLOAD</TH></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR><TD>Listen to the Replay</TD><TD class=td_icon>  </TD><TD class=td_icon> </TD><TD class=td_icon> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
If you have not visited Health Talk's web site, they have a number of good webcasts available to either download or listen to directly on the web. Lots of good topics.
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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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02-23-2008, 06:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 309
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Hi Steph - thanks so much for posting this info about Debra Jarvis - I am just reading her book "It's not about the hair" - and I love it! She is wise and funny and has an open-minded sense of spirituality that I appreciate.
It was great to listen to this talk. Thanks so much for sharing.
Blessings
Hermiracles
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2003 L/DCIS –> LWE: High G./Comedo - 6 nodes clear 6 wks Rx
04/07 2 miracles born ~ very grateful
06/07 Susp areas L/b
09/07 Stage 2 bilat. mastectomy R/ b. clear extens DCIS/IDC Paget’s 8 nodes clear ER(<5%) HER2+++ CT clear
11/07 Portacath - FEC
15/11/07 Stage 4 Emerg op - hip replacemt #NOF bone mets H/Taxotere
12/07 Rx to 'spots' on spine/R/hip/femur 3wkly H
2008 H+T mets to rib/sternum? Aredia CT clear! Cont. H + Aredia 07/08 1 wk Palliative Care - mets to lungs + ?1 to brain
09/08 Stop H complete Epirubicin 1wk PC new brain mets
10/08 2wks WBR 1wk PC 22/10/08 Tykerb/Xeloda 12/08 6 CEREBRAL METS COMPLETELY GONE! Rib mets down to <1cm.
01/09 Tumour markers normal! Rx to L/arm
03/09 LUNGS CLEAR (ALL NODULES GONE!), brain clear, liver clear. Bones stable! ~ THANK YOU GOD
07/09 Repeat CT Scan ~ ALL organs clear apart from bones which remain stable. I walk in gratitude.
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02-23-2008, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Thanks Steph. I am just about finished with her book: It's Not About the Hair. I like her sense of humor and spirituality.
Karen
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