Thursday, November 5, 2009
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My War Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Welcome
On September 28, 2009 I was diagnosed with stage 3 Triple Negative breast cancer. They found a 9 cm tumor and another smaller one while I was nursing my son. I started 17 rounds of chemo: ACT plus carboplatin. Had a double mastectomy on April 6, 2010 followed by 6.5 weeks of radiation. At the time of my surgery I had had a complete pathologic response to the chemo - no evidence of disease. Here's what I learned along the way:
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
Another fabulous site run by my friend Gina Maisano: http://www.nosurrenderbreastcancerhelp.org/index.html
If you want to donate to help find a cure, please donate to Susan G. Komen for a Cure.
Sign up for a "Look Good, Feel Better" class, if you've just been diagnosed. http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org/
Order Rebecca Katz's "The Cancer Fighting Kitchen" and "One Bite at a Time," my go-to cancer cookbooks for chemo patients and beyond.
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- Thanksgiving Day
- A lot to be thankful for...
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- The Best Medicine
- Round 4
- Tickets to Kaleidoscope
- Getting Ready with Rhonda
- The Reliable Source
- CAUSE Gala speech
- Phew!
- The "Miley"
- The Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago redhead - sort of
- And then a few tears
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I am a relative and a big fan of yours. Whenever I see you on TV I brag to friends that you are my cousin. Just know that all of us in my family are praying frequently for you and your family. Keep fighting! I love your Al-Quaida analogy (never knew how to spell that!) God is bigger than cancer. Trust Him. BTW, cool blog!
ReplyDeleteRegards, Jim Petrey.