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  • KATE1974
    KATE1974 Member Posts: 94
    edited January 2014

    Today is a great day, i received a t/c frm my MO and he informed me that other than the mets to my sternum i have no other cancer in my body.... i do however have inflamed lymph nodes around the sternum area, he said that the radiaton that i will be starting next week will zap those... I will then have my hystorectomy on feb 7th and then start HT. I am ready to get this going! dr was very happy with scans. I may actually sleep tonight, 4 dys of waiting was the hardest.... thanks for all the prayers and support, hugs !! =) 

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  • stagefree
    stagefree Member Posts: 2,780
    edited January 2014

    Kate,

    Glad things are sorted out and the plan is actually all ready..:)

    Hugs

    Ebru

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  • fujiimama
    fujiimama Member Posts: 800
    edited January 2014

    Katie Yay and get a good night's rest.  Funny the way we can say yay to things like that. I'm always so grateful for the things I can do. Glad the MO has a solid plan in place. I will be keeping you in my thoughts. RADs have always kicked my behind worse than any chemotherapy. 


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  • Johnnaw19
    Johnnaw19 Member Posts: 3
    edited January 2014

    Hello everyone.  I was diagnosed Sept 19, 2013 with IDC grade 2, positive lymphnodes, stage VI (3 liver mets).  HER2+.  Not what I was expecting at age 32.  I have 3 young children ages 4, 8 and 10.  I'm about as scared as I can be.  I started treatment on Oct 19th.  Weekly taxol and perjeta and herceptin every 3 weeks.  On my third taxol treatment I had a bad anaphylaxis reaction so that was it for taxol.  I'm now doing taxotere, Herceptin and perjeta every 3 weeks and that seems to be going well.  I had my first follow up CT last Friday (which resulted in another anaphylaxis reaction to the iodine contrast).  We got the scan finished though.  Good news is that all my lymph nodes have resolved.  My breast mass has gone from 5cm by 6 cm to 2.5cm.  2 of my liver lesions have shrunk a bit and one has remained stable.  All good news so far.  Thanks for letting me chat!  

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  • stagefree
    stagefree Member Posts: 2,780
    edited January 2014

    Johnnaw19, welcome.. Glad the therapy is working so far.. :) 

    Never forget, we are here 24/7.. For each other.

    Hugs

    Ebru

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  • Vacowell
    Vacowell Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2014

    I'm not local but I'm 29, knocking on 30's door. This is my second round with breast cancer and I'm stage IV. 

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  • Vacowell
    Vacowell Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2014

    I was also on taxitere and just recently got off because my scans and blood work were very good. I still receive treatment of projeta and herceptin every 3 weeks. Projeta was just approved almost 2 years ago and is wonderful! There's hope. Taxitere made me nauseous and my hair and nails were falling off. 

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  • jocanuck1951
    jocanuck1951 Member Posts: 1,003
    edited January 2014

    Welcome Vacowell!  This is the perfect spot for you, great ladies here with tons of info to help you get thru this.  Did you try and fill in your diagnosis?  See mine at the bottom, it helps us answer questions relative to your diagnosis.  😜 xoxoxo Jo  Hi Ebru

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  • stagefree
    stagefree Member Posts: 2,780
    edited January 2014

    hey Jo 😊 glad to see your smiling face !!!

    Vacowell, yes please provide the info as Jo suggests so when you ask sth we can answer accordingly. Glad your drive on the Tax truck wasn't long for now.. Good to save the strong gun for later.. Welcome btw. 

    Hugs

    Ebru

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  • KATE1974
    KATE1974 Member Posts: 94
    edited January 2014

    hi ladies!!! I have had three of my ten scheduled rads and when I sneezed this morning it didn't hurt, it was the first pain free sneeze that i have had in a year and a half!! (i almost went in the kitchen to snort some pepper to see if i could make myself sneeze again, hehe). I am really hoping after my 10 sessions that i have a lot of releif and I will be albe to do more chores that i can now.  My hystorectomy  is scheduled for 2/7 then i start HT a coule weeks after. I am surious how will I feel? huh, we will see. Did anyone else here have positive nodes after mets diagnosis? mine are in my chest? if dr said they will get zapped but if they dont get all of them does the HT work on the nodes?? i have apt with oncology on the 31st just surious if anyone else has had this ?? Thank you!! have a great evening ladies!!

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  • fujiimama
    fujiimama Member Posts: 800
    edited January 2014

    Johnaw 19 you have a great response. Praying for that trend to continue.  Love hearing such great on the new stuff.

    Kate1974 for me once I got down to just by live life was good. Even now I am on target therapy and still pretty good on most days.

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  • Vacowell
    Vacowell Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2014

    yes I need to do this and fill out my diagnosis. Thank you

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  • Vacowell
    Vacowell Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2014

    Exactly! So glad I'll have taxitere in my aresnal for later.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2014

    Hey guys! I haven't been on too much lately because I am teaching a crazy load - 11 courses which is like being 2 1/2 full-time professors, but only making adjunct pay :(   I have to take it while I can get it.   Just wanted to share that my tumor markers from yesterday continue to be in the normal range & even went a little lower.  I'm doing a little happy dance!

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  • fujiimama
    fujiimama Member Posts: 800
    edited January 2014

    NBNOTES Hats off to you. How do you do it? I can barely keep up with my kids. Yay for the lower counts.


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  • j1e1n1a
    j1e1n1a Member Posts: 132
    edited January 2014

    Hey guys,

    I have not checked in for a while. Just letting you all know that I am fine and I am so glad you guys are okay. Hello to all the new faces. I am so disturbed that there are so many of us...young, old and each day more and more. I feel like I am old...lol...thoughts like this make me smile...my kids always talk about all the things they will get to do when they are "old" like me.

     Last scan in Dec 2013 -NED. :^) I still work full time...keep your fingers crossed I have interview for supervisor position tomorrow. I sometimes feel like things are "normal". Life is such a trip. Job is going well. Kids and spouse are wonderful. Life is great right? Does anyone else feel like this? What should it feel like to be Stage 4? I love you all more than I can express. Thank you for your strength. I am here for you as well even if my visits are few and far between.

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  • Vacowell
    Vacowell Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2014

    That's wonderful about your tumor markers! Great for you working double full time job! I know it's a lot but look at how good you're doing! 

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  • Kuchenhexe
    Kuchenhexe Member Posts: 21
    edited January 2014

    I'll be 40 soon, but I'm still 39, and was diagnosed in Nov of 2013 with a 6cm lump, stage IV mets cancer.

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  • fujiimama
    fujiimama Member Posts: 800
    edited January 2014

    Kuchenhexe we're close in age I turn forty in April. I was diagnosed at 37.  Stage IV can be scary, but plenty of us are here defeating our odds. This is a great place to find info and hope. You can vent too. We'll listen and we get it too. Sorry you had to join us, but I am so glad you found us. Hope to see your posts floating around here.

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  • Kuchenhexe
    Kuchenhexe Member Posts: 21
    edited January 2014

    Thanks, fujiimam. You might see more of me being active when I'm not in the middle of my "so exhausted" part of my Taxol week. It might not shine at the moment, but I'm pretty confident and zen about being the victor in this battle, and kicking this back to the curb where it belongs. Thanks for the welcome. <3 Sorry to meet all of you under the circumstances, but glad I'm in such fine company nevertheless.

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  • AymzTX
    AymzTX Member Posts: 6
    edited January 2014

    I'm 42 and was diagnosed with breast cancer at 38, metastatic at 42.  If you want someone to talk to.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2014

    Kuchenhexe & fujimama - I'll be turning 40 in October of this year as well.  Will we have to start a ladies in their 40's thread or will we be able to still hang out here with the thirty-somethings? lol! 

     Hope everyone is doing well!  I'm teaching 11 classes which is a crazy schedule; so, I'm not getting on here very often, but I think of everyone all the time.

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  • singletona80
    singletona80 Member Posts: 224
    edited January 2014

    NBNOTES- I know you're not asking me....  but I think it would be a great idea to still stay here and hang with us 30s ladies becux those that were dx in their 30s will be able to offer us advice on how to cope and keep on living life, etc... Nobody is getting kicked out because they got older... Heck I think all of us here want to get older...Hana 

    But ALSO create a thread for ladies in their 40s and ask the mods to pin it to the top like this thread. I think it would great to have both threads that way if some women are in their 40s and feel more comfortable posting in that thread... They have options! No one should be made to feel uncomfortable .

    That's why I have only went to two support meetings and never went back becuz I was the youngest one there and felt so out of place... So that's why I stick to strictly online support

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  • KATE1974
    KATE1974 Member Posts: 94
    edited January 2014

    hello ladies!!! I finished my ten rads today! Pain is gone. Ready for hystorectomy next Friday then HT. I know that is really when my questions will start! Lol, I see mt MO Friday to talk about it! Hugs to all!!! 

    Singletona; I agree about staying here after 40! I to will be 40 in a few months but would love to stick around here! :)

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  • KATE1974
    KATE1974 Member Posts: 94
    edited February 2014

    ok ladies, starting Arimidex right after hysterectomy, any advise on SE?? Thx!!

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  • Momof2inME
    Momof2inME Member Posts: 683
    edited February 2014

    Same question?

    I will be turning 40 in August. Hysterectomy next Tuesday then on to Arimidex.

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  • katsOK
    katsOK Member Posts: 142
    edited February 2014

    Exercise, exercise exercise!  That is what they say helps…   I do seem better since I started doing more.    

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  • kelly279
    kelly279 Member Posts: 55
    edited February 2014

    Hi Ladies! So glad to have stumbled upon this thread. I think I may be in stage 4 denial. I have very recently had a local recurrence (to the lymph nodes) and was just told today that it feels like it's spread to the skin. I am refusing to get a biopsy because it won't change my upcoming treatment plan (TDM1- does anyone have any experience with this???) and I just can't take anymore bad news right now. So sad there are so many of us here. I am 34- was 32 at original DX. I have a 3 year old boy. 

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  • Priscilla0929
    Priscilla0929 Member Posts: 90
    edited February 2014

    Hi Kasi...I guess we joined here around the same time in 2011. Can't believe its been almost 3 years already!

    Anyone have any advice on new jobs and disclosing health info. I only ask bcs I have treatment every 3 weeks and occasional appts. I am on IntermitFMLA just to cover appts and stuff but have always worked full time.  Any advise? I am in negotiating salary stage but feel its appropriate to disclose. Not sure though...

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  • stagefree
    stagefree Member Posts: 2,780
    edited February 2014

    (((((Kelly)))))) sadly there are so many of us, you are right.. Takes a bit time to digest the news.. Just focus on your daily plans of treatment & personal life.. It will not take long to adapt to the new normal, as we call it, still it might be a good idea to seek help from a psychiatrist for medical & therapy support.. They are existing for times as these. 

    Reading relevant threads on the boards will help you feel as an active member of this medical journey, as so many experiences are shared.. 

    Hugs,

    Ebru

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