Who is starting chemo in September 2016?

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I haven't logged on in a few months and was devastated to see Nayda's news. I was hoping she was finding solace on the stage IV boards but her personal information says she hasn't been active since March.

Nayda, I've always enjoyed your humor and perspective. Though we never met, I have felt a kinship with you and most of the people in this group because of what we have gone through together. I hope you'll tell us how you're doing.

hi all, I’m glad to see activity here. I’ve contacted Nayda directly but haven’t heard from her. I wish I knew how to reach and talk to her. I’m sad for her and especially since she has chosen to withdraw from the boards. I hope she has the support in her immediate surroundings to stay strong and focused on recovery..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrNwTSgTe7M

this song by lecrae and tori kelly explains how i feel right now....thank you all for your kind words...i have been in treatment since april and i have honestly been on a rollercoaster ride of emotions...bitter...furious...humble...happy...glad...everything at times...not "depressed", i call it trying to come to terms with my situation...treatment has been very hard on me this time around...last time was totally different...i finally have came to grips with my life right now...i ran to God the first time....this second time I have been angry with God....i have been struggling with that..." i cry now having just written that part"...but at the end of the day my love never changes for the lord...today i was moved to run back to God and stop "being defeated".....i woke up and watched a little tv....then said let me pull up some preaching online...let me listen to gospel music....then i said let me go to bco and see how everyone is doing...and honestly it is great to see everyone is doing well...i smile when i see your updates....my mom says she prayed for a miracle and she has been saying that since i have been diagnosed....lol....she believes in it and I do too...she is my "sunshine" in this storm...petscan this month showed that my body is responding to the treatment..areas in my body have been clearing up...which is great...so as my mom says "the miracle is here"....i hope everyone continue with great progress and please keep me in your prayers...i will pop in and out to see how you all are doing...Everyone Hugs************

hi Nayda. I hope you are doing well. You are on my mind.

Well Everyone, I wish us all a very healthy 2020. I was fine until my 3 year checkup. I had been having some pain in my armpit, thought it was more cording. Suddenly I found a lump near my collarbone, next to the axila. My doctor got worried, ordered scans and it was a huge intrapectoral node. It wasn’t noticed because it’s outside the mammogram area. So, biopsy confirmed cancer is back, but TN this time around. I have started chemo again last December. This time I’m cold capping, hoping to save my hair. Silver lining, no Mets. It’s not in the breast or anywhere else, just this one 5 cm lymph node. Don’t accept mammograms only. Ask for scans.

Hi everyone, just wanted to check in. I'm so happy that Nayda's treatment plans were showing good effects last she checked in, I hope that's been continuing, as well as success with the treatment plan for lifeb4me.

I've been off everything but Arimidex since February. Nothing concerning found in this past year, but I still get people asking if I'm ok because I'm back wearing caps/scarves. My hair never fully recovered from the chemo phase, just some light wispy stuff came back. I retired last February, which seemed like the right time to ditch the wig, and just go with the soft chemo caps which are a lot more comfortable and practical. The wig made me look a lot better, but after a while it just didn't feel like it was me in terms of where post-treatment had left me.

My RO and I agreed I'd do the alternating MRIs and mammograms for at least 5 years from my 2016 diagnosis, next one is in a few weeks, hoping for a non-event. I gather the Arimidex can be for 10 years under current practice? That seems like such a long time but since my 2016 diagnosis wasn't that long after I stopped taking tamoxifen from an earlier DCIS situation, I'm just as happy to keep taking whatever pills as long as there aren't big SEs.

Best wishes to all, especially those BC sisters who've experienced follow-on diagnoses and other challenges.

Hi smilethrupain and others who may be out there checking in or lurking -

I'm doing pretty well in these unusual times, hope you all are as well. Returned to work part-time last summer after retiring from my "career" job, and then with the COVID situation I've been in and out of the office as they adjust the facility status to thin out the density of people in the buildings. Not sure when that will end.

Later in the summer I have a mammogram due and doctor check-ins. To this point, no new health scares worth speaking of since finishing all my HER2+/etc treatments in early 2019 (chemo, radiation, year of Herception, year of Nerlynx).

Unless I mention the 5-10 lbs I totally didn't need to gain while at home so much this springtime, grrr. I should get out walking more but my senior dog has been developing significant issues. It's been nice at least to be able to spend more time with her. She was my buddy through the two BC diagnoses and treatment rounds in2008/2009 and then starting up again in 2016, such a big help through all of it.