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Surgery Scheduled!
Went in for blood work, go over MRI and schedule Surgery Blood work is all good…MRI: Tumor and mass shrunk as well as the nodes. So Surgery is scheduled for June 29th. I’m having a Bilateral Mastectomy with left Axillary Lymph Node Dissection. Which means they are removing both breasts and the lymph nodes from…
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MRI Results
MRI BREAST BILATERAL W WO CONTRAST DATE OF EXAM: 6/13/2016 5:19 PM INDICATION: Breast ca s/p neoadjuvant chemo; C50.812 stage III B invasive lobular breast cancer left breast. Status post neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Presurgical evaluation. TECHNIQUE: Bilateral breast magnetic resonance imaging was performed without and with intravenous contrast using high resolution dynamic imaging on a 1.5…
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My journey through pictures…Phase I…Chemo
So from the MRI and the biopsy that confirmed my life through the last day of Chemo…. It was a time. Good days and bad days. But one thing is for sure, I don’t ever want to have to go through any of that again! And I would never wish it on my worst enemy.…
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Life after Chemo So far
The one thing I have learned on this journey so far is to just relax and appreciate everything around you. Nothing in this world is that important that you can’t take the time to just enjoy what you have around you. I wake up and check all the news and social media to get caught…
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Phase 1 down…onto Phase 2!!!!
Chemo is OVAH! That’s really all. I don’t have a whole lot of other information to report. The tumor has pulled away from the chest wall like it was supposed to and I have a consult with the Surgeon next week to talk about when and what we are going to do. Then the next…
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No news is good news
I haven’t written in a while. Nothing really to report. The treatment is going okay. Because my white blood count was good they didn’t give me the Neulasta shot this last time. So we’ll see how that works. The only real side effect besides being tired all the time and the needles and pins from…
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Battle Mode
Round 2 of chemo started on Tuesday. They are stacking my Taxol so instead of doing once a week for 12 weeks I’m going to do every other week for 8 weeks. As long as my numbers stay good I’ll be done on May 31st vs. July 5th. So that’s good news. The booster shot…
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Oh Chemo
Well the last week has been quite the ride. I think it builds up. They said it wouldn’t. They don’t know shit. Day of Chemo was fine. And the day after was okay. But the next day. Geeze! I have been dragging for the last few days. And I got this really cool side effect…
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Yay for prune juice!
Not getting into the title but just put a little bit in some water….good stuff. I have never had it before so it was a 50/50 shot. I add a little to water once a day…gets the job done. My first attempt I drank 4 Oz out of the gates. Let’s say I will NEVER…
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Fit to Fight
Last night I went to my first Fit to Fight class. It meets 2 days a week and is for cancer patients and survivors. Met a wonderful group of people. There are about 15 of us. All different types and stages of cancer. I came out feeling pretty lucky. I mean don’t get me wrong…
Making of A Diva
Becoming who you are – at every stage
