Hello Ellen

I wish you every success with your latest Drugs.  Having such a loving family will help you through and it's lovely to hear of your Pride, they must be lovely children:)  

I look forward to hear of your progress.

Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Extra Nodal (Stomach + BM)
Stage IV C. Survivor x 5 years
T/ment: 8 cycles Rituxan CVP x 8 + Rads. x 30
Friends affected by Breast Cancer

Hi, all! Hope your holidays were good...hubby and I drove to MN from CA for Xmas to see our daughters and his family. Great trip...despite getting a very NASTY flu! Got it from my granddaughter (2 yrs old), so at least we got to spend tons of time together because no one else wanted to get near us! I never threw up with chemo and the mild compazine controlled my chemo nausea...however with this flu, my doctor phoned in an RX for Zofran for me while out of state! Which helped, but did not eliminate, the flu nausea/vomitting. The worst is over thankfully. Had a wonderful trip back; stopped at Arches National Park and stayed in a suite at the Aarchway Inn...celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary (Jan 2). 29 and holding!!!! Back to work and back to monthly oncologist appt this Fri for Faslodex shot and Zometa infusion. And back to dragon boating practice this Sat. :-) Suzanne

10/3/6 DX 1.1cm IDC +DCIS
Lumpectomy 10/26/6; SNB clear; ER/PR+; HER2neu-
Radiation/Mammosite 11/6-11/10/6
Alternative IV vitamin C infusions for over 1 yr
10/22/8-Bone mets to spine/sacrum@L5/S1&2,  fracture S1&S2
22 rads 11/24-12/24/8; 4 T/C chemo 1/22/9-3/26/9
BRCA1&2 neg
Monthly Zometa started 4/30/9 for 1-2 yrs
Femara 5/15/9; OOPH 6/26/09
5/2010: 12+ new spinal mets; swapped Femera for Faslodex

Hi Suzz and thanks for the update and congratulations to you both on your anniversary!
What a shame you had the flu and often happens when around little children who get so many colds and flu, a similar thing happened to a friend of mine visiting her Grandchild in the U.K for Christmas!
I'm so glad you're feeling better now and ready to pick up your treatments this week, enjoy the dragon boat racing!!:)

Tricia Keegan...From Ireland Dx July '05 IDC 3/9 nodes pos..triple positive..a/c x 4..Taxol/herceptin x 12
Herceptin 1yr ..rads x35 oophorectomy Aug '06
Currently taking Arimidex /Zometa 1 x yearly
Carepage- survivortricia

Hi Suzzane,

Congratulations on your anniversary!  Sorry about the damn flu; sounds like you had a bad one.  But happy that you're on the mend and back home after a good visit with your family.  

Keep me in the loop if you come back to Mother's Beach for dragon racing.  I would love to stop and at least say hi to you.  

Hug
Elaine

 A person's greatness is the power to stand alone;to be able to make her own choice; in action,to write anew her own law; to choose her own sacrifices; run her own dangers; win her own freedom; venture her own destruction; to choose her own happiness 
 

Just a quick update.  My chemo treatment of Taxetere is starting to work.  Oh happy day.  My numbers are starting to drop.  I am on my fourth cycle and will have two more to go, then reevaluate where we go from there. 
 If I knew how to get the dancing bananas I would give me a couple.
Thanks for letting me be happy.  First good news in over a year.

Found lump at age 65 - 9-05; DX 11-05; Surgery 12-05; Port installed - 3-06; chemo - 1st 4-10-06, last - 7-10-06; Arimidex - 8-1-06, went topless - 9-23-06; port removed - 3-20-07

Mets to the bones, official diagnosis June 2011,  Faslodez failed me;  Port reinserted 10/11/11; Taxotere 10/24/11,
Xeloda, 3 or 4 cycles, couldn't tolerate it at all. 10 cycles of Halavan. Next up: back to Faslodez for 1 year.

Oh Nancy thats wonderful and news we all love sharing with you and I could'nt be happier for you!!
 
Here come the 'Nanner's....

Tricia Keegan...From Ireland Dx July '05 IDC 3/9 nodes pos..triple positive..a/c x 4..Taxol/herceptin x 12
Herceptin 1yr ..rads x35 oophorectomy Aug '06
Currently taking Arimidex /Zometa 1 x yearly
Carepage- survivortricia

Good news Nancy!  We love those nanners....





Hug
Elaine

 A person's greatness is the power to stand alone;to be able to make her own choice; in action,to write anew her own law; to choose her own sacrifices; run her own dangers; win her own freedom; venture her own destruction; to choose her own happiness 
 

"Having a thought for Jill and her Family who as we know as "The Founder of this "Thread" Rest well Jill"


Dear Sharon,


I remember Jill in a vague sort of way.  On the forum I was on and invitation came to join this board.  I came over for a look and see.  At the time I was NED and thought I was cured.  Finally, I decided that my mets was "over with" believing I was in the 1% range and left.  When I came back in 2009 I believe, she was at the end of her journey.  I am grateful she did begin this tread too.


Best,


DJ

"Prepared for the worst, hope for the best and, live each day to the hilt"


Stage IV  lungs, lining, ribs - Used all the hormonal drugs - tamoxifen, (progression) arimidex, (progression) , Faslodex 250 mg, (progression) femara, (progression), drug break using own estrogen (progression in 7 months), rebooted femara (progression on next scan) Faslodex 500 mg (progression 11 months) Taxol.

Nancy,

I join the others with the happy dancing bananas.  I don't know how to do them either.  Wishing you the best and perhaps a stable if not NED report in the future.

Best,

DJ

"Prepared for the worst, hope for the best and, live each day to the hilt"


Stage IV  lungs, lining, ribs - Used all the hormonal drugs - tamoxifen, (progression) arimidex, (progression) , Faslodex 250 mg, (progression) femara, (progression), drug break using own estrogen (progression in 7 months), rebooted femara (progression on next scan) Faslodex 500 mg (progression 11 months) Taxol.

EllenAnn,

Wishing you luck with Faslodex.  Painful, but only for a few minutes.  

Envy your trip to the Biltmore Mansion at Christmas.  It had to be extremely lavish and beautiful in the decoration department.

Best,

DJ

"Prepared for the worst, hope for the best and, live each day to the hilt"


Stage IV  lungs, lining, ribs - Used all the hormonal drugs - tamoxifen, (progression) arimidex, (progression) , Faslodex 250 mg, (progression) femara, (progression), drug break using own estrogen (progression in 7 months), rebooted femara (progression on next scan) Faslodex 500 mg (progression 11 months) Taxol.