Introductions

grams2jc said:

Introductions
Hi all:

I am a 48 yo wife, mother, and grams to 1 little guy whose little sister will be born in January. I work full time as an office manager of a small medical lab in the midwest.

I was diagnosed 11/1/10 with IDC stage 3c, er+, pr-, her- in my left breast. Left mastectomy no reconstruction, 4 epirubicin/cytoxan, 4 taxol @ 3 weeks apart. 33 rads, now Tamoxifen. Surgery was 11/5/10, last rads 07/08/11.

I am the family history for both BC and rheumatoid arthritis, lucky me, LOL. I have told my family someone else gets to do the next thing.


Jennifer

Ayse, good to see you back, glad you are finally warm

Different Ballgame said:

I wondered about your lack of postings
Dear Ayse,

I did notice that you were not posting much since your move out east. I am glad to hear from you.

I don't know which is worse. Not having power at the height of a hot summer or not having power in the snowy winter...though according to the calendar, we are still in Fall, not Winter. I will answer my own question. It has to be winter...lots of snow and no power.

Try this and let me know how it works for you. In the morning squeeze 1 TB of fresh lemon juice and drink it. Following the lemon juice, measure 1 TB of honey, and eat it carefully...little tastings until it is gone. For a fact I know that this helps cure a cold that has settled in the lungs. In your case, maybe it would prevent problems in your lung. Give it a try. The lemon juice and honey cannot hurt you.

Now, to the newbies. I am Janelle, age 70. At 65, I was diagnosed with 0 Stage DCIS. Opted for contralateral mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction. Lymph nodes were free of cancer. No further treatment needed. Three years later diagnosed with Invasive Carcinoma on the scar of what was my cancerous breast. Had 32 days of radiation. Tried Arimidex, Anastrozole, and Femara but stopped taking them because of varying side effects. Still trying to be totally free of one side effect to the knee. Other than that, doing great!!!

Lots of Hugs,
Janelle

laughs_a_lot said:

did not envy your position out east
We get enough snow in Michigan.

I am 55 years old and was diagnosed in late Feb of 2011. I HAD triple negative breast cancer at stage 2. I had 2 out of 14 nodes positive for cancer when they did the lumpectomy. I say had because I forbid it to recurr. I have actually had an easy time through treatment (even through chemo). I am beginning to feel much like before cancer. I have about 8-10 radiation treatments left and then I am done with cancer, but not with this site. Neener neener neener. You all are stuck with me.

pinkkari09 said:

Hi Pinks, I've been really
Hi Pinks, I've been really bad about posting lately but I'm working on it. I was DX on August 18th 2009 at age 37 with Stage IIIC IDC triple negative, 15 chemos (4A/C and 11Taxol) Bilateral mastectomy, both ovaries, immediate reconstruction using latissimus flap (7 hour operation with 3 surgeons) 35 rounds of radiation. January 2011 DX Stage IV with mets to spine and hip, Xeloda for 5 months, it didn't work, mets grew and spread. June 2011 started Carboplatin/Gemzar and am currently receiving the Gemzar. I'm from South Dakota and still live in this cold crazy state. I'm currently looking into MD Anderson for a second opinion. Welcome to all the new people and hello to all the members I've been out of touch with. I'll do my best to keep updated and give as much support and experience as I can to everyone who is battling this beast. Hang tough and keep your chin up it's a roller coaster ride but with all the great people on here, it's one you can do and know YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
God Bless,
Kari