Pink...glad it went well.  My 2nd treatment was 100% better than the first.  I think the first was so bad b/c I had the port put in that same day...not to mention the first-time anxiety.  I didn't want to say anything before...but I was ready to quit all of this after my first treatment!!!  This was was fine.

Hi Pink,

How are you feeling?  Hope everything is still going good...

Hugs,
Paula

Paula

2/26/09 DX Invasive ductal carcinoma multifocal, solid and cribriform type, 6 masses total, largest 2.0 cm
4/15/09 Bilateral mastectomy, skin sparring, tissue expanders, 3 nodes removed, clear, Grade 1, Stage IIa
5/22/09 DIEP
5/26/09 Emergent removal of left flap, TE placed
7/2/09 Left Lat Flap
8/10/09 Started 6 rounds Cytoxan & Taxotere 
A MAMMOGRAM SAVED MY LIFE, START AT AGE 40, DON'T LISTEN TO THE 'NEW' RECOMMENDATIONS

Echo Paula and Artlab -- are yo doing OK?  And, Artlab has not been on for a couple of days either...  are you OK?

Nancy
DX 7/15/09, IDC at age 47
Tumor 3.5 x 2.5 x 3 cm
ER/PR +, HER-2 -
Right Modified Radical Mastectomy w/expander 8/27/09
Stage II, T2, N1 (3 of 9 positive)
BRCA1/2 Negative with strong family history
Dose Dense A/C + Taxol (8 rounds) starting 9/28/09
28 Rads, Winter 2010
Prophylactic left mastectomy and oomph 2010
Longer term - Tamoxifin (2 yrs?) and AI (7 yrs?)

Nancy...so nice of you to notice!!  I sent you a PM tonight!

As you know, I've been home "hiding" from the H1N1--and whatever else is going through my school.  Yesterday 40% of my 7th graders were out!! 

I'm not sure if its the time change, levels, etc...but I've been tired.  However, last night, I was wide awake at 2 AM  (used the time to pray for everyone!!)

In addition...I'm trying to "de-clutter" my house ... my cleaning service is coming tomorrow (www.canswerlink.com)   I'm am so totally embarrassed!!  Over the last few years tending to my husband's medical needs...I've become very good at putting my housework at the bottom of my priority list!  Not to mention our house is an old farmhouse--filled with dust & cobwebs--and several "projects in progress!"

The people who run this service seem so nice---but it is one of the hardest things I've ever done--to let someone clean for me!  My friend (college roommate) has contacted them to arrange a mid-monthly cleaning in addition to the 1/month free one they offer.  I'm sure I'll be fine with it all once we get started!!

Thanks for keeping an eye out for me!!

Karen

Hi Nancy,
I'm hanging in there, was a rough day yesterday and I felt dizzy most of it and hung out in bed most of it too.  Mark came by at lunch and made me eat cereal and made sure I had water.  Treatment number 5, so only one more to go but they are worse each time for sure...

Looking forward to number 6 and heading back to Chattanooga : )

Hugs,
Paula

Paula

2/26/09 DX Invasive ductal carcinoma multifocal, solid and cribriform type, 6 masses total, largest 2.0 cm
4/15/09 Bilateral mastectomy, skin sparring, tissue expanders, 3 nodes removed, clear, Grade 1, Stage IIa
5/22/09 DIEP
5/26/09 Emergent removal of left flap, TE placed
7/2/09 Left Lat Flap
8/10/09 Started 6 rounds Cytoxan & Taxotere 
A MAMMOGRAM SAVED MY LIFE, START AT AGE 40, DON'T LISTEN TO THE 'NEW' RECOMMENDATIONS

50, in Maryland, two "sons", 2 Bengals, 1street cat from Boston,
Married to One of the Top Ten Best Husbands in the World
Stage IIB, Grade 3, Diagnosed 3/26/09, Breast reduction surgery 5/11/09, HER2+++ , 24 nodes removed, 1 positive
Chemo 10/29/09 - Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin - 6 xs
Herceptin - every three weeks for yr , future treatment TBD

So, how's everyone feeling now? 

Paula, getting more excited by the minute that final is coming. 

Pink, I'm on dose dense and neulasta and have realized that the days BEFORE the blood test are probably the lowest days with wbc counts.  Last round I went in before neulasta kicked in and was neutropenic. 
 
This week was OK but we waited an extra day to test (I can feel the Neulasta kicking in) so suspect the past weekend through Tues I might have been low.  Ask onc when it might kick in low - I say don't count on the tests. 

On a positive note, chemo was last Tues, Neulasta has kicked in so this Sunday Arnie and I are  going outlet shopping in Conway NH – mainly for our new grandson.  Still will be extra careful but I am not neutropenic!
Hang in there all!! 

PS: Karen I owe you a PM... busy with work but will get one out soon

Nancy
DX 7/15/09, IDC at age 47
Tumor 3.5 x 2.5 x 3 cm
ER/PR +, HER-2 -
Right Modified Radical Mastectomy w/expander 8/27/09
Stage II, T2, N1 (3 of 9 positive)
BRCA1/2 Negative with strong family history
Dose Dense A/C + Taxol (8 rounds) starting 9/28/09
28 Rads, Winter 2010
Prophylactic left mastectomy and oomph 2010
Longer term - Tamoxifin (2 yrs?) and AI (7 yrs?)

Hi Nancy,

I am so counting the days until the last chemo!  Hoping time passes fast!  I might sleep through it the way its looking right now, but that's ok 

Hugs,
Paula

Paula

2/26/09 DX Invasive ductal carcinoma multifocal, solid and cribriform type, 6 masses total, largest 2.0 cm
4/15/09 Bilateral mastectomy, skin sparring, tissue expanders, 3 nodes removed, clear, Grade 1, Stage IIa
5/22/09 DIEP
5/26/09 Emergent removal of left flap, TE placed
7/2/09 Left Lat Flap
8/10/09 Started 6 rounds Cytoxan & Taxotere 
A MAMMOGRAM SAVED MY LIFE, START AT AGE 40, DON'T LISTEN TO THE 'NEW' RECOMMENDATIONS