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happy new year
bunnie
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Bunnie,
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for a happy healthy new year...we all need it...
One day at a time Bunnie...keep us posted...prayers to you
Warmly,
judiek
History
Discovered lump Sept. 2002 (mammo didnÃÂt pick it up)
Dx Oct 2002-just turned 41
IDC and pagets disease, stage 2B, grade 3/3, nottingham scale 9/9
3cm, lumpectomy,clean margins
er/pr-pos, her2 neg, 2/25 nodes w/cancer
Nov 2002-March 2003-FEC (5fu, epirubicin, cytoxen)
March 2003- started tamoxifen
May 2003- finished rads (33tx)
June 2003-CT/PET Scan- clear
Started 3 month check ups w/lab
Dec 2003-complete hysterectomy
Jan 2004-extensive mets, both lungs & liver(labs normal)
Jan -stopped tamoxifen
Feb CEA-23 (0-3 normal) CA27.29-66.1 (0-38 normal)
Feb 23to current-clinical trial, taxol & avastin
April 15th, -CT-significant shrinkage on all tumors/plueral effusion gone
June 8th -CT-all liver lesions decreased in size/lung mets gone
Aug 9th, -CA27.29 is 22.3, CEA is .8)
Aug 9th, 2004-Brain-CT neg, lung mets/pleural effusion still gone, liver mets had slight shrinkage. Largest hypodesne lesion is 2.1cm, 6 others 1cm or less.
Sept 13th-bone scan negative, mri revealed herniated disc.
Sept 27- Ct of brain, negative/lung mets still gone/ 2 liver lesions gone, 4 under 1cm, 1 @1.7cm.
Nov 29-CT shows stable, lungs still clear, liver tumors stable
Dec 28th-CA27.29 is 23.4 / CEA 2.8...slowly rising -
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Happy new year to you all as well! It's been a while, but happily that is because I'm doing so well! Life really could not be better! I hope this year goes well for everyone! I'm more than 6 months out of chemo and everything is terrific! I really can't stop smiling most of the time! I'm trying to live every day to the fullest. My New Year's resolution....not to procrastinate as much! Have a great year!
Love to all!
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