treatments soon...im reaching out.

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Fuzzy:  Yes!  Yes!  Yes!  SO GLAD to hear your news!  Good luck with your treatment.

Julie

I am thrilled to hear the scan results!!!!

So you are a stage 3 triple positive like me!! The juicing is a great addition for us, lots of studies show it. Exercise too! Your comment about being able to separate your heart and your mind is very powerful. I was just reading a study on this.....amazing stuff. I am jealous of your meditation mentor....how wonderful for you!!

Breathe through that first treatment. I visualized the chemo coming into my body washing over me cleansing the bad cells and replacing them with healthy glowing light. Did it every time. Yes that's a run on sentence too. I was not afraid of chemo after that first time, and I looked forward to counting each one down!! I loaded my iPod with music and visualizations to help me through each infusion.



Join us on stage 3 forum. I am doing well, finished chemo almost a year ago. My blood counts are perfect again, and I feel very well. The new lifestyle takes effort, but it's worth the effort!



Sending you white healing light for your first chemo. That's a run on too : )

Yeahhhhhhhh Fuzzy!!!!!!!

Fuzzy, I too am a newbie to this site and so thankful for it!  I have the most wonderful support group of family and friends, but not one of them has ever gone thru this and unless you do, you just don't understand what it is like.  It is so great to get on here and know you are not alone!  Like you, I started this journey thinking that things weren't too terribly bad, was told in Sept. that I had IDC and that they think it was caught early and hadn't spread.  I was 39.  I went for a PET scan and got the devastating news that it had spread to my liver, but just one nodule on it, which is very rare, either there is nothing or your liver is covered.  I was also told there is a node in my left armpit and one in my chest cavity.  I went from hysterics to a really weird sense of calm, while my husband sobbed.  I wanted answers that my Onc couldn't give me...how much longer I had, can I beat this.  I was told I was treatable, but no longer curable.  They sent me right away for a brain MRI...I was never so scared.  1 hour later I found out it didn't spread to my brain...such relief!  At that point I changed my thought pattern...finally some good news.  I was not going to let this beast win...too much to live for.  I have 3 beautiful daughters and the most supportive husband, and I am not leaving them without a fight!  My treatment is the opposite of yours, because of being her2nu+, they started me off with chemo, taxotere, carboplatin and herceptin.  I had it every 3 weeks for 6 treatments, and finished 3 weeks ago.  Now I go every 3 weeks for herceptin for the rest of my life, or until it stops working for me.  It has been a miracle drug for me...my tumor (5cm) was gone after the first treatment!  I go tomorrow to Philly to meet with my oncologist there (I had gotten a 2nd opinion, he totally agree's with my onc here) and a liver surgeon who may be able to take out the section of my liver that has the nodule, but that may not happen for a while.  I get my lumpectomy on the 23rd and then 4-6 wks out I will start my 33 radiation treatments. I found out last appt. that I have a spot on my sternum that was hiding behind the node there, and it will be radiated.  I'm not going to lie, for me the chemo      wasn't the greatest experience, but for some on here it was no problem.  I felt great the 1st 2 days after, thx to the steroids, but then spent 3 days in bed, never nauseous thx to the anti naus meds, but just achy and couldn't focus my eyes on things.  Sometimes I slept, other times I had insomnia.  Don't be afraid to tell your onc how you are feeling...there are really good meds out there to help you thru it.  One piece of advice I hope everyone will listen to...stay healthy the best you can!  With 3 daughters in 3 different schools, there was no chance of not getting a cold, and the 2nd cold landed me in the hospital with a 103 temp for 3 days and I was neutropenic (extremely low white blood cell counts).  After some antibiotics I bounced right back and was thrilled to hear my onc tell me the other day that I'm out of the woods with that now that I'm only getting herceptin.  My onc is very serious too and I just wanted so badly for her to tell me everything is going to be fine, but she doesn't sugar coat and she feels positive, but still lets me know I have a tough road ahead.  I look at my girls and they keep me strong...I am a fighter and won't go down easy!  A positive attitude is so important...even when you get the bad news.  There is a post on here from someone that they were told they only had 2 yrs and they just celebrated their 18th!  We need to stick together and bring each other up when we are feeling down.  I am so happy for you and your good news, may it keep coming! 

I also cut my hair short and then had my kids buzz me when it started falling out.  One thing I wish I would have done was waited a little longer to buzz, I was told that I would definitely lose my hair with the chemo cocktail I was on, but it actually was growing thru it all.  Sparse, but I think if I would have left it short I might not have lost it all.  I don't do the wig thing, lots of hats and the pirate look with the bandana's.  I didn't lose my eyelashes or eyebrows, which I was so thankful for.  Everyone is different and reacts differently to their chemo...I hope you are able to tolerate it well and just remember, you will get thru it, even if you have days you want to stop.  I begged my onc to let me skip my last treatment because I would have a panic attack coming off the steroids and just dreaded it, but I got thru it and am so glad I did it or I might have regrets down the road.  I wish you all the best and keep that positive attitude!

Just popping on to wish you all a Happy Valentines Day and send you some beautiful pink roses . Hope you all have a wonderful day

Good News! Happy for you...Best post I read today....Take a deep breath...

Okay now on to recovery.....