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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November
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- Ghosts of Thanksgivings Past
- Thanksgiving Day
- A lot to be thankful for...
- My Horoscope today
- 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
- Hair Today... Gone Tomorrow
- Round 3
- Terrorist Virus
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November
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Dear Jennifer, you are beautiful! Ashley Kincheloe-Dyson writing to you, keep kicking that cancer's ass (I hope it's ok to cuss on your blog). Though I have not seen you since high school at St. Agnes, I have kept up with you through John and Lila, and followed your incredible work over the years. But when I think of you, you are always 17, playing lacrosse, those long arms and legs gliding down the field, you are taller than everyone else, like a goddess, driven, focused, and everyone watches you, we can't help ourselves; and Mrs. Fellows stands on the sidelines in her golf skirt and tanned legs yelling, "keep going! keep going!" And we follow you down the field, we're young but not stupid, we know who the leader is.
ReplyDeleteYou were always able to balance competitiveness with graciousness. And now you are doing it again, fighting relentlessly with dignity and intent, showing all of us how to do it. And you will win, there is no doubt.
lots of love, Ashley